OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 23596

specialist

/ˈspɛʃəlɪst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
especialista
Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
especialista
A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
Dr. Robert Leroy Hutton, a retired specialist in internal medicine and a well‐known diagnostician, died yesterday here.
Most Americans mistakenly believe that they must see specialists for almost every medical problem.
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