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Noun: specialist  spe-shu-list
  1. An expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning
    "As a specialist in Renaissance art, she was often consulted by major museums";
    - specializer, specialiser [Brit]
     
  2. A physician who practices one branch of medicine
    "She consulted a medical specialist in cardiology for her heart condition";
    - medical specialist

Derived forms: specialists

Type of: doc [informal], doctor, Dr., expert, MD, medico [informal], physician, sawbones [informal]

Encyclopedia: Specialist, Organised & Economic Crime Command