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nouna fact about some part (as opposed to general)
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"quinine is a specific for malaria"nouna medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific diseasetype of:
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"quinine is highly specific for malaria" "a specific remedy" "a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements"adjectivebeing or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slidesOpposite:
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"rules with specific application" "demands specific to the job" "a specific and detailed account of the accident"adjective(sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
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"needed a specific amount"adjectivestated explicitly or in detail
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"specific characters"relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
Definition that contains specific
- direct specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- aim specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- particularly specifically or especially distinguished from others
- calculate specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- in particular specifically or especially distinguished from others
- network architecture specification of design principles (including data formats and procedures) for creating a network configuration of data processors
- accusatorial specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor