Specific action
specific action n.
The action of a drug or treatment that has a direct, curative effect upon a disease.
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- Specifically
adjective 1. having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one’s specific purpose. 2. specified, precise, or particular: a specific sum of money. 3. peculiar or proper to somebody or something, as qualities, characteristics, effects, etc.: His specific problems got him into trouble. 4. of a special or particular kind. […]
- Specification
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- Specific-charge
noun, Physics. 1. the ratio of the charge on a particle to the mass of the particle. specific charge noun 1. (physics) the charge-to-mass ratio of an elementary particle
- Specific-conductance
noun, Electricity. 1. conductivity (def 2). conductivity [kon-duhk-tiv-i-tee] /ˌkɒn dʌkˈtɪv ɪ ti/ noun, plural conductivities. 1. Physics. the property or power of conducting heat, electricity, or sound. 2. Also called specific conductance. Electricity. a measure of the ability of a given substance to conduct electric current, equal to the reciprocal of the resistance of the […]