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specialization
[ spesh-uh-luh-zey-shuhn ]
/ ĖspÉŹ É lÉĖzeÉŖ ŹÉn /
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noun
the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
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.
the act of being restricted to some specific, or the act of becoming specialized.
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Also especially British, speĀ·cialĀ·iĀ·saĀ·tion .
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OTHER WORDS FROM specialization
deĀ·speĀ·cialĀ·iĀ·zaĀ·tion, nounnonĀ·speĀ·cialĀ·iĀ·zaĀ·tion, nounsubĀ·speĀ·cialĀ·iĀ·zaĀ·tion, nounsuĀ·perĀ·speĀ·cialĀ·iĀ·zaĀ·tion, nounWords nearby specialization
specialist, specialistic, specialist registrar, spƩcialitƩ de la maison, speciality, specialization, specialize, specialized, special jury, Special K, special library
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Medical definitions for specialization
specialization
[ spÄshā²É-lÄ-zÄā²shÉn ]
n.
The act of specializing.
A specialty.
Adaptation, as of an organ or organism, to a specific function or environment.
differentiation
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