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subspecialist | subspecialize | Derived terms |

Subspecialist is a derived term of subspecialize.


As a noun subspecialist

is a specialist who is primarily concerned with a subspecialty within a larger specialty.

As a verb subspecialize is

to specialize within a particular area of a specialty.

subspecialist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A specialist who is primarily concerned with a subspecialty within a larger specialty.
    • * (subspecialty)

    subspecialize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * subspecialise (UK)

    Verb

    (subspecializ)
  • To specialize within a particular area of a specialty.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=July 12, author=Amanda Petrusich, title=They’ve Got Those Old, Hard-to-Find Blues, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Although most collectors subspecialize by genre, whether jazz or classical or country, it’s early American rural blues —? loose acoustic laments, recorded before 1935 and performed by artists who were born in or near the Mississippi Delta —? that inspires the highest prices and the most fevered pursuits. }}

    Derived terms

    * subspecialty, subspeciality * subspecialist