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subspecialty

American  
[suhb-spesh-uhl-tee, suhb-spesh-] / sʌbˈspɛʃ əl ti, ˈsʌbˌspɛʃ- /

noun

  • subspecialties
    plural
  1. a lesser or minor specialty.

    a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of subspecialty

First recorded in 1925–30; sub- + specialty


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A short supply stems from the fact that most PT schools don’t train in pelvic health; therapists usually learn the subspecialty in post-graduate work or during clinical rotations.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2023

To better manage these issues required a new subspecialty outside of general pediatrics and child psychiatry, one that has expertise in advocacy, expected and unexpected streams of development, learning and emotional health.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2023

Doctors, and especially endocrinologists and those with subspecialty in obesity, will tell you there are associated health risks to obesity and being overweight.

From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2023

What's more, "nearly every surgical subspecialty is going to experience workforce shortages in the coming years," Becher said, noting that in 2033, there will be nearly 30,000 fewer surgeons than needed to meet expected demand.

From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2022

A new subspecialty was emerging as scientists grappled with the onslaught of new devices.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

For Wiley, that meant spending more time in radiology and looking at imaging—experience that, as he points out, is applicable to every field, not just procedural subspecialties.

From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2023

Bode, too, marveled that a profession with more than 160 specialties and subspecialties does not have one called lactology.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

Although she’d dip in and out of other pediatric subspecialties over the years, she always came back to her first passion, cystic fibrosis.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 11, 2021

Meanwhile, many scholars retreat further into narrow subspecialties and esoteric jargon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2018

Physicians and surgeons may work in a number of other medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

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