paediatrics

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

paediatrics(n = noun.cognition) pediatric medicine, pediatrics, pedology - the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children; Array

is a kind of medical specialty, medicine

has particulars: neonatology

Derived forms adjective paediatric₁, noun paediatrician₁

paediatrics, n.pl. (treated as sing.) (US pediatrics) the branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases.

Derivative

paediatric adj. paediatrician n.

Etymology

PAEDO- + Gk iatros physician

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