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adj. Of or relating to an infection not known to be caused by a specific pathogen: nonspecific urethritis.

adj. Of or relating to immunity that occurs naturally as a result of a person's genetic makeup or physiology and does not arise from a previous infection or vaccination.

adj. not specific

adj. not caused by a specific pathogen

adj. not caused by previous infection or vaccination

adj. that does not just stain one type of tissue

adj. not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides

"Formerly known as nonspecific vaginitis, or Gardnerella, the name of this disease was changed to bacterial vaginosis BV when researchers discovered how many different strains of bacteria were capable of causing essentially the same type of vaginal infection."

Pacific    hieroglyphic    honorific    horrific    pacific    prolific    pseudoscientific    scientific    specific    terrific   

non-specific    granulomatous    immunosuppressive    cell-mediated    proteolytic    antigen-specific    post-traumatic    anti-inflammatory    flu-like    tolerogenic