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.
1 A white-collar position or blue-collar position, 2  An executive or managerial position or a staff-level position, 3  A position paid under a pay system used by many different agencies or a position under a pay system that is unique to a particular agency, or.  A specific occupational grouping or class of employees.