PAEDIATRICS


Meaning of PAEDIATRICS in English

[ ˌpi:dɪ'atrɪks ]

( US pediatrics )

■ plural noun [treated as sing. ] the branch of medicine concerned with children and their diseases.

Derivatives

paediatric adjective

paediatrician noun

Origin

C19: from paedo- + Gk iatros 'physician' + -ics .

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