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specific   (TTS Sound)

The noun specific has 2 senses

• particular, specific -- (a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general")


• specific -- (a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease; "quinine is a specific for malaria")

The adj specific has 4 senses

• specific -- ((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")


• specific -- (stated explicitly or in detail; "needed a specific amount")


• specific -- (relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species; "specific characters")


• specific -- (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")