specialization

especially British, spe·cial·i·sa·tion

[spesh-uh-luh-zey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work.

   Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.

2. Biology.,  the adaptation of an organism or organ to a special function or environment.

   Basic biology suggests the selective pressures leading to convergent evolutionary specialization among desert-dwelling species.

3. the act of being restricted to some specific, or the act of becoming specialized.

Other Word Forms

• despecialization noun
• nonspecialization noun
• subspecialization noun
• superspecialization noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of specialization¹

specializ(e) + -ation

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