specificity
NOUN
11 LETTERS · STARTS WITH S
specificity is a valid 11-letter word worth 23 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1P3E1C3I1F4I1C3I1T1Y4
1 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 4 =23 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 46TRIPLE WORD → 69
MEANING
What does specificity mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
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”
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2
The quality of being specific to a particular organism.
“host specificity of a parasite”
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