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-specific
The adj. used as the final element in combination with ns. to designate phenomena peculiar to the category indicated by the precedent element: specific to or that specifies (something).
1924, etc. [see species-specific adj. s.v. species n. 14]. 1936, etc. [see organ-specific adj. s.v. organ n.1 8]. 1949K. Davis Human Society xxi. 600 Age-specific fertility trends show that a stationary or a declining population will soon eventuate. 1965, etc. [see language-specific adj. s.v. language n. 6 b]. 1971J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man v. 84 Study of some brain-specific proteins. 1978Dædalus Fall 7 Herodotus' report..refracts into intensely age-specific opinions. 1979Nature 25 Jan. 251/1 But there is a far less trivial, and far more nation-specific way in which intellectual resources may be used or squandered. |