Webster's English Dictionary

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specialization

spe.cial.iza.tion \.spesh-(*-)l*-'za--sh*n\ n 1: a making or becoming 
   specialized  2a: structural adaptation of a body part to a particular 
   function or of an  organism for life in a particular environment 2b: a body 
   part or an organism adapted by specialization