specific

adjective

  1. 1

    stated explicitly or in detail

    needed a specific amount

  2. 2

    (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique

    rules with specific application

    demands specific to the job

  3. 3

    being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides

    quinine is highly specific for malaria

    a specific remedy

  4. 4

    relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species

    specific characters

noun

  1. 1

    a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease

    quinine is a specific for malaria

  2. 2

    a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

    he always reasons from the particular to the general

Synonyms

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