Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To have or pursue a subspecialty.
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- verb To
specialize within a particular area of aspecialty .
Etymologies
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Examples
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#2 - There is too much medical information and it is impossible to be a specialist in every aspect of medicine and in order to remain current even specialists further subspecialize.
Helene Pavlov: Recent Research Reconfirms The Value of Subspecialty Training 2009
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Instead, they chose to subspecialize in cardiology, GI, or any number of fields with more desirable lifestyles.
Archive 2005-03-01 2005
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Other physicians trained in internal medicine subspecialize by training in a fellowship, such as gastroenterology, cardiology, or pulmonology.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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In many countries, it is regarded as a subspecialty of anesthesiology, though other physicians - such as cardiologists, pulmonologists and internal medicine physicians - are also able to subspecialize in it.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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If the plan has lots of doctors, but they all subspecialize in rare tropical infections and share an office complex that’s 272 miles down the interstate, keep hunting.
YOU The Smart Patient Michael F. Roizen 2006
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If the plan has lots of doctors, but they all subspecialize in rare tropical infections and share an office complex that’s 272 miles down the interstate, keep hunting.
YOU The Smart Patient Michael F. Roizen 2006
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