specialization (n.)

  1. the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose

    [ Syn: specialisation ]

  2. the special line of work you have adopted as your career; his specialization is gastroenterology

    [ Syn: specialisation , specialty , speciality , specialism ]

  3. (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; cell differentiation in the developing embryo

    [ Syn: specialisation , differentiation ]

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