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.
collar (third-person singular simple present collars, present participle collaring, simple past and past participle collared) To grab or seize by the collar or neck. To place a collar on, to fit with one. Collar and leash aggressive dogs. To seize, capture or detain. To preempt, control stringently and exclusively. (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest. (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation. I managed to collar Fred in the office for an hour.