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

Type of: medicine

Encyclopedia: Pediatrics, the journal