• 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"
• 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"; "demands Specific to the job"; "a Specific and detailed account of the accident"
• 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
• relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species; "Specific characters"

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