specialist
Other forms: specialists
A specialist has an area of expertise in a profession or branch of learning. Call an ear, nose, and throat specialist if you can’t shake a stuffy nose, but go to a Shakespeare specialist to learn about King Lear.
Specialist started off as a word used just for doctors who focused particular diseases or parts of the body, but now a specialist can be someone with a narrow focus in any field. A specialist is any professional with a specialty — lawyers are specialists because each lawyer deals with a specific kind of legal work. To be a specialist you have to study or get experience in a specific field for a long time.
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an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learningsynonyms: specialiser, specializerantonyms:generalista modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different intereststypes:attachea specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic missioncanonista specialist in canon lawcriminologista specialist in criminologycrystallographera specialist in crystallographyfingerprint expert, fingerprint man, fingerprint specialista specialist in identifying fingerprintsGermanista specialist in the study of Germanic language or culture or literaturedecorator, designer, house decorator, interior decorator, interior designer, room decoratora person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishingslimnologista specialist in the study of freshwater ponds and lakesmeteorologista specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditionsoculist, optometrista person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glassesorientalista specialist in oriental subjectsTeutonista specialist in the history of the Teutonic people or language (especially with respect to the Teutonic influence on the history of England)cultural attachean attache who is a specialist in cultural mattersmilitary attachean attache who is a specialist in military matters
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someone who practices one branch of medicinesynonyms: medical specialisttypes:anaesthetist, anesthesiologist, anesthetista specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treatedcardiologist, heart specialist, heart surgeona specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heartdiplomatemedical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional groupembryologista physician who specializes in embryologyendocrinologistphysician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine systemENT man, ear-nose-and-throat doctor, otolaryngologist, otorhinolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologista specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throathaematologist, hematologista doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organshygienista medical specialist in hygieneinternista specialist in internal medicineoncologista specialist in oncologyeye doctor, oculist, ophthalmologista medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eyeorthopaedist, orthopedista specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)orthoptista specialist in orthopticsproctologista doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anusradiographera person who makes radiographsradiologist, radiotherapista medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of diseaserheumatologista physician specializing in rheumatic diseasesurologista specialist in urologyalienista psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illnessperinatologistan obstetrician specializing in perinatology
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