n. | 1. | The act of specializing, or the state of being spezialized. |
2. | (Biol.) The setting apart of a particular organ for the performance of a particular function. |
Noun | 1. | specialization - the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose Synonyms: specialisation |
2. | specialization - the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology" | |
3. | specialization - (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo" Synonyms: specialisation, differentiation |