Specific may refer to: * Specificity (disambiguation) * Specific, a

cure A cure is a substance or procedure that ends a medical condition, such as a medication, a surgical operation, a change in lifestyle or even a philosophical mindset that helps end a person's sufferings; or the state of being healed, or cured. The ...

therapy A therapy or medical treatment (often abbreviated tx, Tx, or Tx) is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a medical diagnosis. As a rule, each therapy has indications and contraindications. There are many differe ...

for a specific illness

Law

* Specific deterrence, focussed on an individual * Specific finding, intermediate verdict used by a jury in determining the final verdict * Specific jurisdiction over an out-of-state party, specific to cases that have a substantial connection to the party's in-state activity * Order of

specific performance Specific performance is an equitable remedy in the law of contract, whereby a court issues an order requiring a party to perform a specific act, such as to complete performance of the contract. It is typically available in the sale of land law, ...

, court order to perform a specific act

Economics, finance, and accounting

Asset specificity Asset specificity is a term related to the inter-party relationships of a transaction. It is usually defined as the extent to which the investments made to support a particular transaction have a higher value to that transaction than they would have ...

, the extent to which the investments made to support a particular transaction have a higher value to that transaction than they would have if they were redeployed for any other purpose * Specific identification (inventories), summing purchase costs of all inventory items * Specific rate duty, duty paid at a specific amount per unit * Specific risk, risk that affects a very small number of assets

Psychology

* Domain specificity, theory that many aspects of cognition are supported by specialized, presumably evolutionarily specified, learning devices * Specific developmental disorder, disorders in which development is delayed in one specific area or areas, and in which basically all other areas of development are not affected *

Specific learning disability Learning disability, learning disorder, or learning difficulty (British English) is a condition in the brain that causes difficulties comprehending or processing information and can be caused by several different factors. Given the "difficult ...

Specific phobia Specific phobia is an anxiety disorder, characterized by an extreme, unreasonable, and irrational fear associated with a specific object, situation, or concept which poses little or no actual danger. Specific phobia can lead to avoidance of the o ...

, phobia of a specific thing or situation ** Specific social phobia, triggered only by specific social situations

Biology

* pertaining to a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriat ...

Specific name (botany) A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the ''International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants'' (ICN) and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar or Group epithets must conform to the '' Inter ...

, species name of a plant **

Specific name (zoology) In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet or species epithet) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen). The first part of the name of a species is the name of the genus o ...

, species name of an animal *

Specific appetite Specific appetite, also known as specific hunger, is a drive to eat foods with specific flavors or other characteristics. Regulation of homeostasis is essential to the survival of animals. Because the nutritional content of a diet will vary with en ...

, drive to eat foods with specific flavors or other characteristics *

Specific granule Specific granules are secretory vesicles found exclusively in cells of the immune system called granulocytes. It is sometimes described as applying specifically to neutrophils, and sometimes the term is applied to other types of cells. These gra ...

, secretory vesicle in granulocytes * Specific immunity, to a particular pathogen * Specific Pathogen Free, of a laboratory animal guaranteed free of particular (i.e., specific and named) pathogens

Other fields

* A specific quantity generally means a

physical quantity A physical quantity is a physical property of a material or system that can be quantified by measurement. A physical quantity can be expressed as a ''value'', which is the algebraic multiplication of a ' Numerical value ' and a ' Unit '. For exam ...

normalized "per unit" of something (often mass). * SPECIFIC, The Sustainable Product Engineering Centre for Innovative Functional Industrial Coatings * Specific creation, creationism as opposed to evolution * Specific interval, shortest possible clockwise distance between pitch classes on the chromatic circle * Specific integral, in calculus, eliminates the constant of integration * Specific Physical Preparedness, being prepared for the movements in a specific physical activity (usually a sport)

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Economics, finance, and accounting

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