pediatrician

UK/piːdɪəˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/US/ˌpidi.əˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/

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Other forms: pediatricians

A pediatrician is a doctor who specialises in children. See a pediatrician, a consultant pediatrician.

Children are not small adults, which is the whole reason the specialty exists. The British spell it paediatrician and mean exactly the same thing.

Definitions of pediatrician

1nounpediatricianA doctor who specialises in children.B2+
“The pediatrician spotted in ten minutes what four visits had missed.”

pediatrician is a doctor.

Also accepted in games: paediatrician

Where it comes from

From pediatric + -ian.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

pediatrician in the wild

Spock, was an American pediatrician, Olympic medallist, and left-wing political activist.
Benjamin Spock
Thomas Berry Brazelton was an American pediatrician, author, and the developer of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS).
T. Berry Brazelton
Bill, is an American pediatrician and the author or co-author of parenting books.
William Sears (physician)
Leila Alice Denmark was an American pediatrician in Atlanta, Georgia.
Leila Denmark
Richard Ballon Goldbloom was a Canadian pediatrician, university professor, and the fifth chancellor of Dalhousie University.
Richard Goldbloom

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Related words

pediatric

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