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specific

English

🔊 stated explicitly or in detail
“needed a specific amount”
🔊 (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
“rules with specific application”
🔊 being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition
“quinine is highly specific for malaria”
🔊 relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
“specific characters”
🔊 a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease
“quinine is a specific for malaria”
🔊 a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
“he always reasons from the particular to the general”