| 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" stated explicitly or in detail; "needed a specific amount" particular: a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general" relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species; "specific characters" 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" a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease; "quinine is a specific for malaria"
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| specific gravity |
the density of a substance relative to the density of water
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| specific heat |
the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade
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| specificity |
the quality of being specific rather than general; "add a desirable note of specificity to the discussion"; "the specificity of the symptoms of the disease" the quality of being specific to a particular organism; "host specificity of a parasite"
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| specimen |
an example regarded as typical of its class a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes; "they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis"
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