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specific - a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease; "quinine is a specific for malaria" |
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medicament,
medicinal drug,
medication,
medicine the act of treating with medicines or remedies
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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" |
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general prevailing among and common to the general public; "the general discontent"
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nonspecific not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides; "nonspecific enteritis"
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precise sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"
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specialised,
specialized developed or designed for a special activity or function; "a specialized tool"
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generality the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability
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ad hoc for or concerned with one specific purpose; "a coordinated policy instead of ad hoc decisions"
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circumstantial fully detailed and specific about particulars; "a circumstantial report about the debate"
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limited,
special including only a part
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peculiar,
particular,
special markedly different from the usual; "a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats"; "a man...feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman"-Virginia Woolf
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particular first and most important; "his special interest is music"; "she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work"
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particularised,
particularized directed toward a specific object; "particularized thinking as distinct from stereotyped sloganeering"
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proper appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position"
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unique highly unusual or rare but not the single instance; "spoke with a unique accent"; "had unique ability in raising funds"; "a frankness unique in literature"; "a unique dining experience"
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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" |
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nonspecific not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides; "nonspecific enteritis"
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medical specialty,
medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
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pathology the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
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specific - stated explicitly or in detail; "needed a specific amount" |
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specified clearly and explicitly stated; "meals are at specified times"
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specific - relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species; "specific characters" |
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