| specific | a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease |
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| specific | a fact about some part (as opposed to general) |
| specific | stated explicitly or in detail |
| specific | (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique |
| specific | (medicine and pathology) being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition |
| specific | relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species |
| specific | the density of a substance relative to the density of water |
| specific | the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade |
| specific | the performance of a legal contract as specified by its terms |
| specific | in distinction from others |
| specific | a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement |
| specific | (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and usse of an invention |