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paraspecific

paraspecific adjective: serving as a remedy against conditions beyond those it is primarily used to treat.

Adjective

paraspecific (not comparable)

  1. 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

Origin of paraspecific

From para- + specific.

Questions about paraspecific

What does paraspecific mean?
Paraspecific means serving as a remedy against conditions beyond those it is primarily used to treat.
What part of speech is paraspecific?
Paraspecific is an adjective.

Words near paraspecific in the dictionary

  1. parasomnias
  2. parasomnic
  3. parasorbic acid
  4. paraspastic
  5. paraspecies
  6. paraspecific
  7. paraspecificity
  8. paraspeckle
  9. paraspeckles
  10. parasperm
  11. parasphenoid

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