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paraspecific en · ADJ

Etymology

From para- + specific.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Serving as a remedy against conditions beyond those it is primarily used to treat.
    • Antivenoms may exhibit a range of paraspecific neutralizing activity. For example, the South African Institute for Medical Research's 'polyvalent antivenom', which is raised against the venoms of 10 species, has paraspecific activity against a further five species. 2003, D. A. Warrell, Timothy M. Cox, John D. Firth, Oxford Textbook of Medicine, page 934: