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- adjective pathology Not caused by a
specific organism
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Examples
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A corn feeeder will bring deer to aspecific locale, as in the 10 yd area in which it throws the corn.
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A corn feeeder will bring deer to aspecific locale, as in the 10 yd area in which it throws the corn.
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Ataxia is an aspecific clinical manifestation implying dysfunction of parts of the nervous system that coordinate movement, such as the cerebellum.
cytokinesis Diary Entry cytokinesis 2008
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Funniest footnote on a sentence in which Delany has used the construction “any writer faced with explanations to be gotten across in dialogue may find themselves in the midst of something like the following”: “The official term for the lack of agreement between the singular ‘writer’ and the plural ‘themselves’ is ‘the sexually aspecific demotic exemplary’—if anyone ever asks.”
Some thoughts on Samuel R. Delany's About Writing Jenny Davidson 2006
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It is not an offering of any kind; it is not aspecific service, solution or combination of the two.
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Antibodies against the FcR were used to prevent aspecific binding.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Lina Han et al. 2009
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· Search: Syrinx brings the ability to search the tweets in your timeline, especially useful when looking for aspecific tweet, or seeing if your name came up in conversation.
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· Search: Syrinx brings the ability to search the tweets in your timeline, especially useful when looking for aspecific tweet, or seeing if your name came up in conversation.
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