SPECIFIED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does specified mean? 

• SPECIFIED (adjective)
  The adjective SPECIFIED has 1 sense:

1. clearly and explicitly stated

  Familiarity information: SPECIFIED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPECIFIED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clearly and explicitly stated

Context example:

meals are at specified times

Similar:

mere (being nothing more than specified)

nominal; nominative (named; bearing the name of a specific person)

specific (stated explicitly or in detail)

Antonym:

unspecified (not stated explicitly or in detail)

 Context examples 

The volume of blood per unit time passing through a specified location, such as a point in a blood vessel or an entire organ.

(Blood Flow Rate, NCI Thesaurus)

Usually refers to white fat unless specified as brown.

(Mouse Adipose Tissue, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

An invasive ductal breast carcinoma, not otherwise specified, characterized by increased levels of human beta-chorionic gonadotropin in the serum.

(Breast Carcinoma with Choriocarcinomatous Features, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the volume of serum or plasma that would be cleared of calcium by excretion of urine for a specified unit of time (e.g. one minute).

(Calcium Clearance Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A question about whether an individual had nausea during the specified time period.

(Nausea During This Period, NCI Thesaurus)

Issue arising from the device failing to deliver the specified liquid or gas.

(No Flow Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

Administration of an agent within 30 days of a specified date.

(Agent Given Within 30 Days, NCI Thesaurus)

The unique identification of a biologic entity in a specified context.

(Biologic Entity Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)

Adverse events may be captured either as free text or a pre-specified list of terms.

(Adverse Event Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Not existing in a specified place at a specified time.

(Absent, NCI Thesaurus)