specific

IPA: spʌsˈɪfɪk

explicit or definite.
(bioscience, taxonomy) pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.
special, distinctive or unique.
intended for, or applying to, a particular thing.
Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.
being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms
(immunology) limited to a particular antibody or antigen.
(physics) of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)
(physics) similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
(physics) a measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air)

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