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specificker.

A homoeopathic practitioner who sought to ascertain the aetiologies of diseases, focusing on the symptoms most regularly associated with their diagnosis (to the exclusion of peripheral and occasional symptoms), and who, for their treatment, selected remedies (administered in more-or-less undiluted form) on the basis of their general physiological effects, ignoring incidental and side-effects.

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Meaning & usage

noun/spɛˈsɪfɪkə/
  1. A homoeopathic practitioner who sought to ascertain the aetiologies of diseases, focusing on the symptoms most regularly associated with their diagnosis (to the exclusion of peripheral and occasional symptoms), and who, for their treatment, selected remedies (administered in more-or-less undiluted form) on the basis of their general physiological effects, ignoring incidental and side-effects.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From specific (“specific remedy”) + -er, originally a calque of German Spezifiker, used by Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843).

adj/spɛˈsɪfɪkə/
  1. comparative form of specific: more specific

    comparative · form-of · nonstandard · rare
Where this word comes from

Formed as specific (“explicit, definite, particular”) + -er.

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