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.
a collar used to restrain or identify a dog. 2. Informal. a close-fitting necklace, as a wide band covered with or composed of precious or semiprecious stones; choker. 3. Slang. a collar of the type worn by some clergymen, priests, etc., having the opening at the back; clerical collar.