specificity: Meaning and Definition of
spec•i•fic•i•ty
Pronunciation: (spes"u-fis'i-tē), [key]
— n.
- the quality or state of being specific.
- the selective attachment or influence of one substance on another, as an antibiotic and its target organism or an antibody and its specific antigen.
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