specific
adj 1: (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" [ant: {general}, {nonspecific}]
2: stated explicitly or in detail; "needed a specific amount"
3: relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic
species; "specific characters"
4: 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" [ant: {nonspecific}]
n 1: a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always
reasons from the particular to the general" [syn: {particular}]
[ant: {general}, {general}]
2: a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific
disease; "quinine is a specific for malaria"
Source: WordNet® 2.0