paraspecificとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

paraspecific (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Serving as a remedy against conditions beyond those it is primarily used to treat.
   • 2003, D. A. Warrell, ‎Timothy M. Cox, ‎John D. Firth, Oxford Textbook of Medicine (page 934)

     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.