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PAEDIATRICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paediatrics mean?
• PAEDIATRICS (noun)
The noun PAEDIATRICS has 1 sense:
1. the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children
Familiarity information: PAEDIATRICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
paediatrics; pediatric medicine; pediatrics; pedology
Hypernyms ("paediatrics" is a kind of...):
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paediatrics"):
neonatology (that branch of pediatric medicine concerned with the newborn; the diagnosis and treatment of neonates)
Derivation:
paediatric (of or relating to the medical care of children)
paediatrician (a specialist in the care of babies)
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