(noun.) a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease; 'quinine is a specific for malaria'.
(adj.) stated explicitly or in detail; 'needed a specific amount' .
(adj.) (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' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species; 'specific characters' .
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