Meaning

noun a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

noun a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease

adjective (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique

originFrom Old French specifique, from Late Latin specificus (“specific, particular”), from Latin speciēs (“kind”) + -ific.

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