Main entry: specific
Definition: a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease
Usage: quinine is a specific for malaria
Main entry: particular, specific
Definition: a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
Usage: he always reasons from the particular to the general
Main entry: specific
Definition: stated explicitly or in detail
Usage: needed a specific amount
Main entry: 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
Main entry: specific
Definition: being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides
Usage: quinine is highly specific for malaria; a specific remedy; a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements
Main entry: specific
Definition: relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
Usage: specific characters