SPECIFIC

I. adjective Etymology: Late Latin ~us, from Latin species Date: circa 1631 1. constituting or falling into a specifiable category, sharing or being those properties of something that allow it to be referred to a particular category, 2. restricted to a particular individual, situation, relation, or effect , exerting a distinctive influence (as on a body part or a disease) , free from ambiguity ; accurate , of, relating to, or constituting a species and especially a biological species, 5. being any of various arbitrary physical constants and especially one relating a quantitative attribute to unit mass, volume, or area, imposed at a fixed rate per unit (as of weight or count) , see: special ~ally adverb II. noun Date: 1661 1. something peculiarly adapted to a purpose or use, a drug or remedy having a ~ mitigating effect on a disease , 2. a characteristic quality or trait, details, particulars, ~ation 2a