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specific

/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
noun

  1. A distinguishing attribute or quality.

  2. A remedy for a specific disease or condition.

  3. Specification

adjective

  1. Explicit or definite

  2. Pertaining to a species.

  3. Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species

Synonymsexpress, monosemous, unambiguous, peculiar, singular, singular
Antonymsbroad, general, generic, universal, nonspecific, unspecific

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