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Noun: paediatrics  ,pee-dee'a-triks
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: pediatrics)
  1. The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children
    "She chose paediatrics because she loved working with children";
    - pediatrics [N. Amer], pediatric medicine [N. Amer], pedology [N. Amer], paediatric medicine [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: medicine

Encyclopedia: Paediatrics