PEDIATRICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pediatrics mean? 

• PEDIATRICS (noun)
  The noun PEDIATRICS has 1 sense:

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children

  Familiarity information: PEDIATRICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEDIATRICS (noun)

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 ("pediatrics" 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 "pediatrics"):

neonatology (that branch of pediatric medicine concerned with the newborn; the diagnosis and treatment of neonates)

Derivation:

pediatric (of or relating to the medical care of children)

pediatrician; pediatrist (a specialist in the care of babies)

 Context examples 

A method of pain control used primarily in pediatrics that combines distracting the patient's attention away from the painful procedure or circumstance.

(Distraction, NCI Thesaurus)

Core library of terms associated with pediatrics, representing information related to child health and development from pre-birth through 21 years of age; contributed by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

(NICHD Pediatric Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

The CNS usually has a specialty practice area such as diabetes, cardiology, respiratory, pediatrics or psychiatric-mental health.

(Certified Nurse Specialist, NCI Thesaurus)

This scale is often used in pediatrics and geriatrics.

(Facial Affective Scale, NCI Thesaurus)

In pediatrics (and some adult care), providing choices of treatment modalities, times of treatment, and other aspects of care within limits to give the patient a feeling of control and decreases feelings of helplessness associated with the treatment or care.

(Choice and Control, NCI Thesaurus)

Further research is needed, but our findings show promise for someday using the drug we developed for skin diseases such as psoriasis, and wounds resulting from diabetes or plastic surgery, said researcher Subroto Chatterjee, a professor of pediatrics and medicine.

(New Experimental Drug Reverses Hair Loss, Skin Damage, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)