specific has definitions from the fields of medicine,pharmacology,pathology
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[ adjective ] (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique

Examples

"rules with specific application" "demands specific to the job" "a specific and detailed account of the accident"

Used in print

(Mr. America, 4:6...)

Mr._Claude is a specialist in torso development and he has long favored the now famous Weider_Push-Pull_Super-Set technique in which one exercise of the Super-Set is a pressing or `` pushing '' movement which accents one sector of a muscle group in a specific way , followed by a `` pulling '' exercise which works the opposing sector of the same muscle group .

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

The specific analogy to the dilemma of love is the problem of the `` breakthrough '' in the realm of art .

(Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)

One-day conferences covering some specific phase of business management , also part of the continuing activities of the Small_Business_Administration , aid community economic development programs .

(Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)

The reflection of radiation originating from the anode holder and reflected back to it by the surrounding metal surfaces should also be small because of the specular characteristic of the metal surfaces and of the specific geometry .

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

Biological agents are , of_course , highly host specific .

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[ adjective ] stated explicitly or in detail

Examples

"needed a specific amount"

Used in print

(The Providence Journal...)

If most_of them were n't exactly specific - well , that 's the way it is in life , I guess .

(Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)

One gram of cotton has been found to have a specific surface_area of * * f .

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

The behavior of a biological aerosol , on a much smaller scale , is illustrated by a specific field_trial conducted with a non pathogenic organism .

A solid immunity is the one effective circumstance whereby attack by a specific agent can be neutralized .

Related terms

specified

3
[ noun ] a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

Synonyms

particular

Examples

"he always reasons from the particular to the general"

Related terms

general general fact

4
[ adjective ] (med and pathology) being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides

Examples

"quinine is highly specific for malaria" "a specific remedy"

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[ adjective ] relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species

Examples

"specific characters"

Related terms

species

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[ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease

Examples

"quinine is a specific for malaria"

Related terms

medicine

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