The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word SPECIALIST
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SPECIALIST
- . Expert in deformation of silicates doped with phosphorus
- Start to suffer with muscle? Then get one of the top people, hospital expert
- Is its place reserved for a doctor?
- Expert is sceptical, strangely, caught out
- Doctor injecting sick pets with erectile dysfunction medicine
- Expert briefly coins a sequence of words
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The straight part
We know that "hospital expert" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hospital expert = specialist.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SPECIALIST mean?
SPECIALIST noun- Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
- A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
- Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
- An organism that is specialized for a particular environment.
- Specialised.