puericulture

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See also: puériculture

English

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Etymology

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From French puériculture. Compare agriculture, pisciculture, aquaculture, and so on.

Noun

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puericulture (uncountable)

  1. The rearing of young children, conceived of as an art or science.

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References

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  • William H. Schneider, Quality and Quantity: The Quest for Biological Regeneration in Twentieth-Century France, Cambridge University Press (2002), →ISBN, pages 63–64.

Italian

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Noun

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puericulture f

  1. plural of puericultura