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gender-specific
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ETYMOLOGY specific (I)
: relating or applying specifically to or intended specifically forgender-specific
1924 , etc. . [ see species-specificadj. s.v. speciesn. 14]
1936 , etc. . [ see organ-specificadj. s.v. organn. 1 8]
1949 K. Davis Human Society xxi. 600Age-specific fertility trends show that a stationary or a declining population will soon eventuate.
1965 , etc. . [ see language-specificadj. s.v. languagen. 6 b]
1971 J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man v. 84Study of some brain-specific proteins.
1978 Dædalus Fall 7 Herodotus' report..refracts into intensely age-specific opinions.
1979 Nature 25 Jan. 251/1 But there is a far less trivial, and far more nation-specific way in which intellectual resources may be used or squandered.
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\spə̇ˌsifik\ combining form
Etymology: specific (I)
: relating or applying specifically to or intended especially for
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