specific

1. (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique (synset 301106714)
   "rules with specific application"; "demands specific to the job"; "a specific and detailed account of the accident"
   also:

   • precise - sharply exact or accurate or delimited
   • specialised, specialized - developed or designed for a special activity or function
   tells us about: generality - the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability
   similar to:

   • ad hoc - for or concerned with one specific purpose
   • circumstantial - fully detailed and specific about particulars
   • limited, special - having a specific function or scope
   • particular, peculiar, special - unique or specific to a person or thing or category
   • particular - separate and distinct from others of the same group or category
   • particularised, particularized - directed toward a specific object
   • proper - limited to the thing specified
   • unique - (followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality
2. Stated explicitly or in detail (synset 301103644)
   "needed a specific amount"
   similar to: specified - clearly and explicitly stated
3. Relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species (synset 303000784)
   "specific characters"
4. Being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition;
   Used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides (synset 301108926)
   "quinine is highly specific for malaria"; "a specific remedy"; "a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements"
   referred to in:

   • medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
   • pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases

1. A fact about some part (as opposed to general) (synset 105826326)
   "he always reasons from the particular to the general"
   is a type of: fact - a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
   same as: particular
2. A medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease (synset 104278750)
   "quinine is a specific for malaria"
   is a type of: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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