pediatrics

English

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Alternative forms

• paediatrics
• pædiatrics

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παιδός (paidos (genitive of παις (pais)), “child”) + -iatrics

Noun

pediatrics (plural only)

1. (medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children.

Related terms

• pediatric
• pediatrician

Translations

branch of medicine

Chinese: Mandarin: (as a general discipline) 兒科 (zh), 儿科 (zh) (érkē), (as a branch of study) 兒科學 (zh), 儿科学 (zh) (érkēxué)

Czech: pediatrie (cs) f. Finnish: lastentautioppi (fi), pediatria (fi) Italian: pediatria (it) f. Khmer: កុមារវេជ្ជវិទ្យា (km) (ko mar vij jeak vi tyea)

Anagrams

• patricides