Biology and Physiology
- Specific absorption rate, power absorbed per unit mass of tissue at a given frequency
- Specific appetite, drive to eat foods with specific flavors or other characteristics
- Specific enzyme activity, activity per milligram of total protein
- Specific granule, secretory vesicle in granulocytes
- Specific growth rate, increase in cell mass per unit cell mass per unit time
- Specific immunity, to a particular pathogen
- Specific leaf area, leaf area per unit dry leaf mass
- Specific name (botany), species name of a plant
- Specific name (zoology), species name of an animal
- Specific Pathogen Free, of a laboratory animal guaranteed free of particular (i.e., specific and named) pathogens
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