subspecialty

[suhb-spesh-uhl-tee, suhb-spesh-]

noun

plural

subspecialties 

1. a lesser or minor specialty.

   a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.

Word History and Origins

Origin of subspecialty¹

First recorded in 1925–30; sub- + specialty

Example Sentences

The authors found that 79 percent of the patients who got the local anesthetic were treated by physicians who are board-certified in complex family planning, a gynecological subspecialty that focuses on pregnancy prevention, pregnancy loss, and abortion.

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“Some people may have not only become more accustomed to it—they may have realized they actually enjoy solitary time, developing an appreciation for its benefits they didn’t previously have a chance to explore,” says Nikhita Singhal, a child and adolescent psychiatry subspecialty resident at the University of Toronto.

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Bioethics consultants emerged as a medical subspecialty following groundbreaking advances in technology, pharmaceuticals and surgical techniques.

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These licensed professionals, many of them experts in this subspecialty, are making the medical case, point by point with concrete behavioral examples, that Trump's behavior strongly suggests dementia.

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What started in the 1960s as an answer to rapidly increasing carnage on the nation’s freeways has evolved into a complex subspecialty of American healthcare.

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