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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the quality of being specific rather than general;
- Example: "add a desirable note of specificity to the discussion"
- Example: "the specificity of the symptoms of the disease"

2. the quality of being specific to a particular organism;
- Example: "host specificity of a parasite"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

specificity
    n 1: 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"
    2: the quality of being specific to a particular organism; "host
       specificity of a parasite"