7. (Pharmacy) (a) A component part of compound medicine; a simple. (b)
(Med.) An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; esp., one
used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture. Quincy.
8. (Civil Law) The form or shape given to materials; fashion or shape;
form; figure. Burill.
Incipient species (Zoöl.), a subspecies, or variety, which is in
process of becoming permanent, and thus changing to a true species,
usually by isolation in localities from which other varieties are
excluded.
Spec"i*fi`a*ble (?), a. Admitting specification; capable of being
specified.
Spe*cif"ic (?), a. [F. spécifique, or NL. cpesificus; L. species a
particular sort or kind + facere to make. Cf. Specify.] 1. Of or
pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species;
possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which
constitute its species, and distinguish it from other things; as, the
specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a
drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice.
Specific difference is that primary attribute which distinguishes
each species from one another.