Usually means: Not limited to one thing.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word nonspecific:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. nonspecific: Merriam-Webster
  2. nonspecific: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nonspecific: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nonspecific: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nonspecific: Vocabulary.com
  6. nonspecific: Wordnik
  7. nonspecific: Wiktionary
  8. nonspecific: Dictionary.com
  9. nonspecific: Rhymezone
  10. nonspecific: FreeDictionary.org
  11. nonspecific: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. nonspecific: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nonspecific: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nonspecific: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. nonspecific: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. nonspecific: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Not specific or precise, as:
adjective:  (medicine, of a symptom or other finding) Not specific to one possible cause; caused by any of various possible causes.
adjective:  (medicine, of an antimicrobial) Not specific to one pathogen; affecting multiple strains or species of pathogen.
adjective:  (medicine, of an infection) Not known to be caused by any specific pathogen.
adjective:  (medicine, of a person's immunity) Not caused by previous infection or vaccination, and/or affecting more than one antigen.
adjective:  (medicine, of a stain in microscopy) That does not just stain one type of tissue.

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