1) French word used in English 2) Particularity
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- the quality of being specific rather than general
- the quality of being specific to a particular organism
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(goal-setting theory) A clearly defined goal. One of three features of goal-setting theory that determines the quality of the goal.
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The property that a policy measure applies to one or a group of enterprises or industries, as opposed to all industries.
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(from the article `diagnosis`) ...Sensitivity is the measure of the percentage of individuals with the disease who have a positive test result (i.e., people with the disease who ...
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(from the article `exercise`) The principle of specificity derives from the observation that the adaptation of the body or change in physical fitness is specific to the type of ...
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When referring to a medical test, specificity refers to the percentage of people who test negative for a specific disease among a group of people who do not have the disease. No test is 100% specific because some people who do not have the disease will test positive for it (false positive).
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Ability of an assay procedure to avoid interference from other materials in the sample.
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The ability of the immune response to interact with individual antigens. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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(spes″ĭ-fis´ĭ-te) the quality of having a certain action, as of affecting only certain organisms or tissues, or reacting only with certain substances, as antibodies with certain antigens (antigen specificity). diagnostic specificity; the probability that a person not having a disease will b...
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a statistical measure of the accuracy of a screening test. Specificity measures the proportion of negatives which are correctly identified (e.g., the percentage of healthy people who are correctly identified as not having the condition). Contrast with sensitivity.
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1. The quality of being specific as, for example, she showed the use of specificity in her diagnosis
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Frequently applied to enzymes as a descriptor of the limited range of substrates upon which the enzyme will act
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Type: Term Pronunciation: spes′i-fis′i-tē Definitions: 1. The condition or state of being specific, of having a fixed relation to a single cause or to a definite result; manifested in the relation of a disease to its pathogenic microorganism, of a reaction to a certain chemical union, or of an antibody to its antigen, or the revers...
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Specificity: 1. The quality of being specific as, for example, she showed the use of specificity in her diagnosis. 2. The proportion of persons without a disease who are correctly identified by a test. The specificity is the number of true negative results divided by the sum of the numbers of true negative plus false positive results.
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This is one of a set of measures used to assess the accuracy of a diagnostic test (see sensitivity, negative predictive value and positive predictive value). Specificity is the proportion of people without a disease who are correctly identified as not having that disease by the diagnostic test. For example, if a test has a specificity of 95%, this ...
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The ability of a particular test to identify a drug or metabolite without interference or cross reactions.
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the ability of the specific adaptive immune system to target specific pathogens or toxins
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How well a test correctly identifies people who do not have what it is testing for. It is the proportion of people without the disease or condition that are correctly identified by the study test. For example, a test with a specificity of 96% will, on average, correctly identify 96 people in every 100 who truly do not have the condition, but incorr...
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How well a test reports a negative result for people who do not have COVID-19.
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In the context of surveillance, the measure of the degree to which cases detected through a surveillance system actually have the disease.
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capability of a structured vocabulary to express a subject in depth and in detail. Specificity has an important influence on retrieval performance, as it determines the accuracy with which concepts may be pinpointed, and consequently the facility to exclude unwanted documents.
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The degree to which two organisms must be compatible before a relationship will form.
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Compounds that are used to help vaccine maintain its effectiveness during storage. Vaccine stability is essential, particularly where the cold chain is unreliable. Factors affecting stability are temperature and pH.
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the quality of being particular rather than general
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