Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - specific

 I. adjective  Etymology: Late Latin ~us, from Latin species  Date: circa 1631  1.  a. constituting or falling into a specifiable category  b. sharing or being those properties of something that allow it to be referred to a particular category  2.  a. restricted to a particular individual, situation, relation, or effect a disease ~ to horses  b. exerting a distinctive influence (as on a body part or a disease) ~ antibodies  3. free from ambiguity ; accurate a ~ statement of faith  4. of, relating to, or constituting a species and especially a biological species  5.  a. being any of various arbitrary physical constants and especially one relating a quantitative attribute to unit mass, volume, or area  b. imposed at a fixed rate per unit (as of weight or count) ~ import duties — compare ad valorem  Synonyms: see special, explicit  • ~ally adverb  II. noun  Date: 1661  1.  a. something peculiarly adapted to a purpose or use  b. a drug or remedy having a ~ mitigating effect on a disease used as a ~ against malaria  2.  a. a characteristic quality or trait  b. details, particulars — usually used in plural haggling over the legal and financial ~s of independence — Time  c. plural ~ation 2a SPECIFIC  combining form  Etymology: 1specific relating or applying specifically to or intended specifically for gender~