English to English adjective
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(sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique | | Example: rules with specific application demands specific to the job a specific and detailed account of the accident
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relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species | | Example: specific characters
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being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides | | Example: quinine is highly specific for malaria a specific remedy a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements
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Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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stated explicitly or in detail | | Example: needed a specific amount
source: wordnet30 noun
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a fact about some part (as opposed to general) | | Example: he always reasons from the particular to the general
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a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease | | Example: quinine is a specific for malaria
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A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3. | | source: webster1913
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