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SPECIALIZED
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I. (adjective)
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Meaning:
Developed or designed for a special activity or function
Example:
a specialized tool
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
differentiated (exhibiting biological specialization; adapted during development to a specific function or environment)
special (adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose)
specialistic (showing focused training)
Also:
specific ((sometimes followed by 'to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique)
Antonym:
unspecialized (not specialized or modified for a particular purpose or function)
II. (verb)
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Past simple / past participle of the verb specialize
Context examples:
These specialized pigment cells expand and contract and push the pigment to the surface.
(Octopuses can dream, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A bundle of specialized heart muscle fibers that conducts impulses from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles.
(Atrioventricular Bundle, NCI Thesaurus)
A specialized enteric nutritional supplement, containing substantial amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids, arginine, and nucleotides, with potential immunostimulating activity.
(Arginine/Omega-3 Fatty Acids/Nucleotides Oral Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)
Specialized sensors detect and record the movements of the cantilever, providing an image with resolution at the atomic level.
(Atomic Resolution Microscopy, NCI Thesaurus)
Specialized depressions on the cell surface involved in receptor-mediated endocytosis; the visible proteinaceous layer on the cytosolic side of the depression provides the coated appearance.
(Coated Pit, NCI Thesaurus)
A type of large, coiled, tubular, sometimes branched, specialized sweat gland that empties into the upper portion of a hair follicle instead of directly onto the skin surface.
(Apocrine Sweat Gland, NCI Thesaurus)
Specialized immune cells within skin tissue help to fight invading organisms.
(Skin Microbes and the Immune Response, NIH)
Nursing specialized in providing palliative care.
(Palliative Care Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)
Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent and can give rise to all of the different types of specialized cells in the body but are incapable of forming an entire organism under any known condition.
(Murine Embryonic Stem Cells, NCI Thesaurus)
This process could involve specialized and/or non-specialized mechanisms, active transport or passive movement, and carrier system(s).
(Biological Absorption, NCI Thesaurus)
