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Pediatric

[pee-dee-a-triks, ped-ee-] Origin

pe·di·at·rics

[pee-dee-a-triks, ped-ee-]
noun (used with a singular verb)
the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.

Origin:
1880–85; pediatr(ic) (see ped-1, -iatric) + -ics

pe·di·at·ric, adjective

pediatrics, podiatry.
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Pediatric is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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paediatrics or pediatrics (ˌpiːdɪˈætrɪks)
 
n
(functioning as singular) the branch of medical science concerned with children and their diseases
 
pediatrics or pediatrics
 
n
 
paedi'atric or pediatrics
 
adj
 
pedi'atric or pediatrics
 
adj

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Word Origin & History

pediatric
1880, from Gk. paid-, stem of pais "child" (cf. pedo-) + -iatric (q.v.)
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Medical Dictionary

pediatric pe·di·at·ric (pē'dē-āt'rĭk)
adj.
Of or relating to pediatrics.

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