pediatric
/ˌpiːdiːˈætrɪk/
pediatric adjective: of or pertaining to pediatrics, the branch of medicine dealing with the care and treatment of children and adolescents.
Adjective
pediatric (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to pediatrics, the branch of medicine dealing with the care and treatment of children and adolescents.
- The hospital has established a pediatric intensive care unit.
- Currently, there are nine pediatric cases of AIDS diagnosed in Massachusetts, of whom three are attending school.1985 December 21, Sib Connor, “Brookline Okays Students With AIDS”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 23, page 2
pediatric meaning in Urdu, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
pediatric in Urdu
- پیڈیاٹرک, پیڈیاٹریک
pediatric in Telugu
- పీడియాట్రిక్
pediatric in Malayalam
- പീഡിയാട്രിക്
pediatric in Kannada
- ಪೀಡಿಯಾಟ್ರಿಕ್
More languagesFewer languages
- pediatric in Gujarati
- પીડિયાટ્રિક
- pediatric in Thai
- กุมารเวช
Examples of pediatric in a sentence
- Peranteau, MD, a pediatric and fetal surgeon in CHOP's Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment.
- John Greinwald, a pediatric otologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
- Long-gap EA is a major challenge in pediatric surgery.
Forms of pediatric
| alternative Commonwealth | paediatric |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | pædiatric |
Origin of pediatric
From pedo- (“child”) + -iatric.
Words formed from pediatric
Questions about pediatric
- What does pediatric mean?
- Pediatric means of or pertaining to pediatrics, the branch of medicine dealing with the care and treatment of children and adolescents.
- What is pediatric in Urdu?
- Pediatric in Urdu is پیڈیاٹرک, پیڈیاٹریک. See Pediatric meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is pediatric?
- Pediatric is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce pediatric?
- Pediatric is pronounced /ˌpiːdiːˈætrɪk/.
Words near pediatric in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pediatric (page history and authors); pediatric (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pediatric (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pediatric (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pediatric (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pediatric (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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