Definitions for: Specialist


[n] an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning
[n] practices one branch of medicine



Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: medical specialist, specialiser, specializer

Antonyms: generalist, Renaissance man

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