Synonyms: specific
Definition: a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease
Usage: quinine is a specific for malaria
Similar words: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine
Definition: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Synonyms: particular, specific
Definition: a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
Usage: he always reasons from the particular to the general
Similar words: fact
Definition: a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
Usage: first you must collect all the facts of the case
Synonyms: specific
Definition: stated explicitly or in detail
Usage: needed a specific amount
Similar words: specified
Definition: clearly and explicitly stated
Usage: meals are at specified times
Synonyms: specific
Definition: (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
Usage: rules with specific application; demands specific to the job; a specific and detailed account of the accident
Similar words: ad hoc
Definition: for or concerned with one specific purpose
Usage: a coordinated policy instead of ad hoc decisions
Similar words: circumstantial
Definition: fully detailed and specific about particulars
Usage: a circumstantial report about the debate
Similar words: limited, special
Definition: having a specific function or scope
Usage: a special (or specific) role in the mission
Similar words: special, particular, peculiar
Definition: unique or specific to a person or thing or category
Usage: the particular demands of the job; has a particular preference for Chinese art; a peculiar bond of sympathy between them; an expression peculiar to Canadians; rights peculiar to the rich; the special features of a computer; my own special chair
Similar words: particular
Definition: separate and distinct from others of the same group or category
Usage: interested in one particular artist; a man who wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him
Similar words: particularised, particularized
Definition: directed toward a specific object
Usage: particularized thinking as distinct from stereotyped sloganeering
Similar words: proper
Definition: limited to the thing specified
Usage: the city proper; his claim is connected with the deed proper
Similar words: unique
Definition: (followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality
Usage: a species unique to Australia