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puericulture

puericulture noun: the rearing of young children, conceived of as an art or science.

Noun

puericulture (uncountable)

  1. The rearing of young children, conceived of as an art or science.

Origin of puericulture

From French puériculture. Compare agriculture, pisciculture, aquaculture, and so on.

Questions about puericulture

What does puericulture mean?
Puericulture means the rearing of young children, conceived of as an art or science.
What part of speech is puericulture?
Puericulture is a noun.

Words near puericulture in the dictionary

  1. Puercan
  2. puerco pibil
  3. Puerco River
  4. Puerh
  5. pueri aeterni
  6. puericulture
  7. puerile
  8. puerilely
  9. puerileness
  10. puerilism
  11. puerilisms

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