Defenition of the word specificity

• Defenition of the word specificity

  • For diagnostic tests, the ability of a probe to react precisely and uniquely with its target molecule.
  • the quality of being specific rather than general: "add a desirable note of specificity to the discussion"; "the specificity of the symptoms of the disease"
  • the quality of being specific to a particular organism: "host specificity of a parasite"
  • the quality of being specific rather than general; "add a desirable note of specificity to the discussion"; "the specificity of the symptoms of the disease"
  • the quality of being specific to a particular organism; "host specificity of a parasite"
  • the quality of being specific rather than general
  • the quality of being specific to a particular organism

Hypernyms for the word specificity

• • particularity
  • specialness

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