What is the meaning of specificity?

noun

  • The quality of being specific rather than general.
    • usage: "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.
    • usage: "host specificity of a parasite"
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