noun
- a specialized area within a broader field of study or profession
Usage: medical; academic
Examples
- Cardiology is a subspecialty of internal medicine.
- She chose pediatric oncology as her medical subspecialty.
- The law firm focuses on the subspecialty of intellectual property.
- His subspecialty in medieval literature made him a sought-after professor.
- The conference featured sessions on various surgical subspecialties.
- Environmental law has become an important legal subspecialty.