specific

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 140.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

adjective Explicit or definite.
adjective Pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.
adjective Special, distinctive or unique.
adjective intended for, or applying to, a particular thing.
adjective Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.
a highly specific test
adjective Being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms.
Quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
adjective Limited to a particular antibody or antigen.
adjective Of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy).