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PAEDIATRIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paediatric mean?
• PAEDIATRIC (adjective)
The adjective PAEDIATRIC has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the medical care of children
Familiarity information: PAEDIATRIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the medical care of children
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
paediatric; pediatric
Context example:
pediatric dentist
Pertainym:
paediatrics (the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children)
Derivation:
paediatrics (the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children)
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