specific

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• October 3. 2012 by jonasmunk from wordnet.princeton.edu

  specific — noun — english

  a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general"

• March 3. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  specific — noun — english

  a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease; "quinine is a specific for malaria"

• March 31. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  specific — adjective — english

  (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"

• March 31. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  specific — adjective — english

  stated explicitly or in detail; "needed a specific amount"

• March 31. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  specific — adjective — english

  relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species; "specific characters"

• March 31. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  specific — adjective — english

  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 affinity for particular structural elements"