pediatric

UK/ˌpiːdiːˈætrɪk/US/ˌpiːdiːˈætrɪk/

adjectiveB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #6,729 of 15,258leans written

Pediatric means to do with the medical care of children. A pediatric ward, pediatric surgery, a pediatric dose.

Children are not small adults, which is the whole reason the specialty exists, since doses, anatomy and the diseases themselves all differ. Britain spells it paediatric.

Definitions of pediatric

1adjectivepediatricTo do with the medical care of children.B2+
“The pediatric ward was painted in bright colours to help the young patients feel at home.”

pediatric is a quality.

Also accepted in games: paediatric

Where it comes from

Greek pais, a child, plus iatros, a healer.

Proto-Indo-European
*peh₂w-
English, today
pediatric

From pedo + iatric.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

pediatric in the wild

Within the Commonwealth, pediatrics covers patients until the age of 18, except in India where the pediatric age is 12.
Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital is the main pediatric training and research hospital of Harvard Medical School, Harvard University.
Boston Children's Hospital
The hospital is home to the world's largest pediatric research enterprise, and it is the leading recipient of pediatric research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Boston Children's Hospital
The hospital also sometimes treats adults that require pediatric care.
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
The hospital has a rooftop helipad and is an ACS verified level I pediatric trauma center, one of a few in the region.
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

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Related words

pediatrician

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