| specialization | 1. The act of specializing, or the state of being spezialized. 2. <biology> The setting spart of a particular organ for the performance of a particular function. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| specialize | 1. To mention specialy; to particularize. 2. To apply to some specialty or limited object; to assign to a specific use; as, specialized knowledge. 3. <biology> To supply with an organ or organs having a special function or functions. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| specialties, dental | Various branches of dental practice limited to specialised areas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| specialties, medical | Various branches of medical practice limited to specialised areas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| specialties, nursing | Various branches of nursing practice limited to specialised areas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| specialties, surgical | Various branches of surgical practice limited to specialised areas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| specialty | The particular subject area or branch of medical science to which one devotes professional attention. Origin: L. Specialitas fr. Specialis, special (05 Mar 2000) |
| specialty boards | Organizations which certify physicians and dentists as specialists in various fields of medical and dental practice. (12 Dec 1998) |
| specialty chemicals and products | Chemicals and chemical products used in a research, industrial, or household setting. Included here are the specific drug preparations, as well as the substances involved in the manufacture and stabilization of pharmaceutical preparations and agricultural agents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| speciation | The evolutionary process by which diverse species of animals or plants are formed from a common ancestral stock. (05 Mar 2000) |
| species | A taxonomic category subordinate to a genus (or subgenus) and superior to a subspecies or variety, composed of individuals possessing common characters distinguishing them from other categories of individuals of the same taxonomic level. In taxonomic nomenclature, species are designated by the genus name followed by a Latin or Latinised adjective or noun. (18 Nov 1997) |
| species area curve | The curve on a graph produced when plotting the cumulative number of plant species found in a series of quadrats against the cumulative number or area of those quadrats, it is used to determine the number of quadrats sufficient to adequately survey the herbaceous understory. (09 Oct 1997) |
| species group | <zoology> The taxonomic categories species and subspecies. (09 Jan 1998) |
| species indeterminata | <zoology> Undetermined species, one not identifiable with the description for a name already published. Usually given with a generic name only. (09 Jan 1998) |
| species inquirendum | <zoology> A species to be queried, a doubtfully identified species requiring further investigation. (09 Jan 1998) |