NSIP is a diagnosis of exclusion, since numerous other inflammatory and fibrotic processes involving the lung may have NSIP-like areas, including hypersensitivity pneumonia, UIP, DAD, LIP, DIP, infectious processes, and aspiration pneumonia, among many others.
White-collar definition, belonging or pertaining to the ranks of office and professional workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor or the wearing of a uniform or work clothes. See more.
whiteÂ·fish. n. pl. whitefish or whiteÂ·fishÂ·es. 1. a. Any of various freshwater salmonid food fishes of the genera Coregonus and Prosopium chiefly of North America, having a generally white or silvery color. b. Any of various similar or related fishes, such as the lake herring, whiting, or menhaden. 2. See beluga.