specific

Adjective

• 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
    

• relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
  • specific characters
    

• stated explicitly or in detail
  • needed a specific amount
    

• (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
    

Noun

• a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease
  • quinine is a specific for malaria
    

• a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
  • he always reasons from the particular to the general
    

Related words

• Antonyms: 
  nonspecific , general