<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.</li><li>specified, precise, or particular: a specific sum of money.</li><li>peculiar or proper to somebody or something, as qualities, characteristics, effects, etc.: His specific problems got him into trouble.</li><li>of a special or particular kind.</li><li>concerned specifically with the item or subject named (used in combination): The Secretary addressed him self to crop-specific problems.</li><li>of or relating to a species: specific characters.</li><li>(of a disease) produced by a special cause or infection.</li><li>(of a remedy) having special effect in the prevention or cure of a certain disease.</li><li>(of an antibody or antigen) having a particular effect on only one antibody or antigen or affecting it in only one way.</li><li>noting customs or duties levied in fixed amounts per unit, as number, weight, or volume.</li><li>designating a physical constant that, for a particular substance, is expressed as the ratio of the quantity in the substance to the quantity in an equal volume of a standard substance, as water or air.</li><li>designating a physical constant that expresses a property or effect as a quantity per unit length, area, volume, or mass.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>something specific, as a statement, quality, detail, etc.</li><li>(Medicine/Medical) a specific remedy: There is no specific for the common cold.</li></ul>