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specialist (enc)
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Specialist| Noun | 1. | specialist - an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learningexpert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully attache - a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission limnologist - a specialist in the study of freshwater ponds and lakes meteorologist - a specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions oculist, optometrist - a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses generalist, Renaissance man - a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests; "a statistician has to be something of a generalist" | | | 2. | specialist - practices one branch of medicinediplomate - medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group endocrinologist - physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system internist - a specialist in internal medicine proctologist - a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus | |
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