Usage Note
Spécialiste is gender-neutral in form — un spécialiste, une spécialiste — and applies equally to a medical specialist and a domain expert. Médecin spécialiste is the term for a specialist doctor, contrasting with généraliste (general practitioner). The adjective spécialisé means 'specialised.'
Examples
"Elle consulte un spécialiste du cœur demain."
Natural Translation
She is seeing a heart specialist tomorrow.

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