paraspecific

English

Etymology

para- +‎ specific

Adjective

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.