Etymology

regiospecific

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Today it means: regioselective Full definition →

English specific ← Old French specifique
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  1. Englishregio-
  2. Old Frenchspecifique
  3. Englishspecific
  4. English todayregiospecific

From regio- + specific.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.