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specialization

[ spesh-uh-luh-zey-shuhn ]
/ ˌspÉ›Źƒ ə lÉ™ĖˆzeÉŖ ŹƒÉ™n /
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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 .

Origin of specialization

OTHER WORDS FROM specialization

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Medical definitions for specialization

specialization
[ spĕsh′ə-lÄ­-zā′shən ]

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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