Meaning of SPECIALIST
| Pronunciation: | | 'speshulist
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- [n] an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning
- [n] practices one branch of medicine
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| | Synonyms: | | medical specialist, specialiser, specializer |
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| | Antonyms: | | generalist, Renaissance man | | |
| | See Also: | | accoucheur, anaesthetist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, arborist, attache, baby doctor, brain doctor, canonist, cardiologist, chiropodist, criminologist, decorator, dermatologist, designer, diagnostician, dietician, dietitian, diplomate, doc, doctor, Dr., ear doctor, ear specialist, ear-nose-and-throat doctor, educationalist, educationist, endocrinologist, enologist, ENT man, expert, eye doctor, fermentologist, fingerprint expert, fingerprint man, fingerprint specialist, foot doctor, geriatrician, gerontologist, graphologist, gynaecologist, gynecologist, haematologist, handwriting expert, head-shrinker, heart specialist, heart surgeon, hematologist, house decorator, interior decorator, interior designer, internist, MD, medico, meteorologist, neurologist, nutritionist, obstetrician, oculist, oenologist, oncologist, ophthalmologist, optometrist, orientalist, orthopaedist, orthopedist, orthoptist, otolaryngologist, otologist, otorhinolaryngologist, paediatrician, pathologist, pediatrician, pediatrist, physician, podiatrist, proctologist, psychiatrist, radiographer, radiologist, radiotherapist, rheumatologist, rhinolaryngologist, room decorator, shrink, skin doctor, tree surgeon, urologist, woman's doctor | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Spe"cial*ist\, n.
One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medical
specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular
parts of the body, as the eye, the ear, the nerves, etc.
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