pediatrics

English

Alternative forms

• paediatrics (UK)
• pædiatrics
• peds
• paeds (UK)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “child”) ped +‎ -iatrics.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpiːdɪˈætɹɪks/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpidiˈætɹɪks/

Noun

pediatrics pl (plural only)

1. (American spelling, medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children and adolescents.

   Synonyms: (casual) peds, (casual) pedes, paediatry, pediatry

Derived terms

• immunopediatrics
• neuropediatrics
• odontopediatrics
• telepediatrics

Related terms

• pediatric
• pediatrician

Translations

branch of medicine

• Afrikaans: pediatrie
• Arabic: طِبُّ الأَطْفَال m (ṭibbu l-ʔaṭfāl)
• Asturian: pediatría f
• Belarusian: педыятры́я f (pjedyjatrýja)
• Bulgarian: педиатрия f (pediatrija)
• Catalan: pediatria (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: pediatrie (cs) f
• Dutch: kindergeneeskunde (nl) f, pediatrie (nl) f
• Esperanto: infanmedicino
• Finnish: lastentautioppi (fi), pediatria (fi)
• French: pédiatrie (fr) f
• Galician: pediatría (gl) f
• German: Pädiatrie (de) f, Kinderheilkunde (de) f
• Greek: παιδιατρική (el) f (paidiatrikí)
• Hungarian: gyermekgyógyászat (hu)
• Indonesian: pediatri (id), ilmu kesehatan anak
• Irish: péidiatraic f, leanbhliacht f
• Italian: pediatria (it) f
• Japanese: 小児科 (ja) (しょうにか, shōnika)
• Khmer: កុមារវេជ្ជវិទ្យា (ko mar vij jeak vi tyea)
• Māori: mātai arotamariki, mātai aromātātahi
• Polish: pediatria (pl) f
• Portuguese: pediatria (pt) f
• Romanian: pediatrie (ro) f
• Russian: педиатри́я (ru) f (pediatríja)
• Spanish: pediatría (es) f
• Swahili: matibabu ya watoto
• Swedish: pediatrik (sv) c
• Thai: กุมารเวชศาสตร์
• Turkish: pediyatri (tr)
• Ukrainian: педіатрі́я f (pediatríja)

Anagrams

• patricides