subspecialty

subspecialty
sub·spe·cial·ty .səb-'spesh-əl-tē, 'səb-. n, pl -ties a subordinate field of specialization <child psychiatry is a \subspecialty of general psychiatry (Bruno Bettelheim )(et al)>

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sub·spec·ial·ty (səb-speshґəl-te) a branch of medicine subordinate to a specialty, as gastroenterology is a subspecialty of internal medicine.

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