Usually means: Pertaining to one particular gender.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word gender-specific:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. gender-specific: Merriam-Webster
  2. gender-specific: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Gender-Specific, Gender-specific, gender-specific: Wordnik
  4. gender-specific: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. gender-specific: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. gender-specific: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. gender-specific: Dictionary.com
  8. Gender-specific: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. gender-specific: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. gender-specific: Wiktionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gender-specific: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Referring to a word or expression that refers to one gender only.

Similar:
monogender, male-to-female, female-to-male, intragender, all-girls, feminine, femicentric, male-gazey, female, sexual, more...

Opposite:
gender-neutral, unisex, inclusive

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Similar:
monogender, male-to-female, female-to-male, intragender, all-girls, feminine, femicentric, male-gazey, female, sexual, more...

Opposite:
gender-neutral, unisex, inclusive



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