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specific

/ specific /
noun/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease
"quinine is a specific for malaria"
Type of:
medicine medication medicament
adjective satellite Sense 2
stated explicitly or in detail
"needed a specific amount"
Similar:
specified
adjective Sense 3
(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"
"a specific and detailed account of the accident"
Similar:
ad hoc circumstantial limited special particular(a) peculiar(a) special(a) particularized
Opposites:
general nonspecific
See also:
precise specialized specialised
adjective Sense 4
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"
"a specific stain is one having a specific affin"
Opposites:
nonspecific
Domain:
medicine medical specialty pathology
adjective Sense 5
relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
"specific characters"
Pertains to:
species
noun Sense 6
a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
"he always reasons from the particular to the general"
Opposites:
general
Type of:
fact
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
9
Total Relationships
20
Times Searched
2
Relationship Distribution

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medicine medication medicament specified ad hoc circumstantial limited special particular(a) peculiar(a) special(a) particularized