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speciality

Pronunciation: /ˌspɛʃɪˈalɪti/

(chiefly North American & Medicine also specialty)

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Definition of speciality

noun (plural specialities)

1a pursuit, area of study, or skill to which someone has devoted much time and effort and in which they are expert:his speciality was watercolours
a product, especially a type of food, which a person or region is famous for making well:a restaurant serving freshly made local specialities
[as modifier] meeting particular tastes or needs:speciality potatoes for salads

2 (often specialty) a branch of medicine or surgery.

Origin:

late Middle English (denoting the quality of being special or distinctive): from Old French especialite or late Latin specialitas, from Latin specialis (see special)

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The normal spelling is speciality; the spelling specialty, without the i before the t, is found in American English and some medical uses.

speciality in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of speciality in the US English dictionary

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