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[ noun ] the quality of being specific rather than general

Examples

: "add a desirable note of specificity to the discussion" "the specificity of the symptoms of the disease"

Used in print

(Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)

There is no conclusive evidence yet that either of the proteases has been prepared in highly purified form nor is their specificity known .

(A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)

Two absorptions of * * f with ethyl_acetate or two absorptions of * * f ( which had been passed_through Dowex-2-chloride ) , NS and * * f with crown_gall tissue powder , or mouse liver powder did not further improve the specificity of staining .

In the latter cases an additional treatment of the DEAE cellulose treated * * f with 50 mg of sweet_clover stem tissue powder further improved the specificity .

The specificity of staining in WTV tumors with * * f and * * f but not with NS and * * f or with antiserum to potato_yellow-dwarf_virus and * * f , and the absence of such staining in crown_gall tumor tissue from sweet-clover , indicate that an antigen of WTV was being stained .

The specificity of staining with * * f was established as_follows : * * f specifically stained tumor sections but not sections of healthy sweet_clover stems or of crown_gall tumor tissue from sweet_clover .

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[ noun ] the quality of being specific to a particular organism

Examples

: "host specificity of a parasite"

Used in print

(A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)

In attempting to improve specificity of staining , the fluorescein labeled antisera used in both direct and indirect methods were treated in one of several ways : ( 1 ) They were passed_through Dowex-2-chloride twice and treated with acetone insoluble powders ( Coons , 1958 ) prepared from mouse liver or from healthy sweet_clover stems or crown_gall tissue produced by Agrobacterium_tumefaciens ( E._F._Smith + Townsend ) Conn , on sweet_clover stems .

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