Standard Lemma guide

pediatric

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

/ˌpiːdiːˈætrɪk/
CMU ARPABET: P IY2 D IY0 AE1 T R IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to pediatrics, the branch of medicine dealing with the care and treatment of children and adolescents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, not-comparable

Examples

The hospital has established a pediatric intensive care unit.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to the medical care of children

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

pediatric dentist

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: paediatric

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From pedo- (“child”) + -iatric.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Afrikaans: pediatries — of or pertaining to pediatrics
Czech: pediatrický — of or pertaining to pediatrics
Dutch: pediatrisch — of or pertaining to pediatrics
French: pédiatrique — of or pertaining to pediatrics
Galician: pediátrico — of or pertaining to pediatrics
Italian: pediatrico — of or pertaining to pediatrics
Portuguese: pediátrico — of or pertaining to pediatrics
Spanish: pediátrico — of or pertaining to pediatrics
Swedish: pediatrik — of or pertaining to pediatrics
Thai: กุมารเวช — of or pertaining to pediatrics

Word forms

Inflections and variants

paediatric — alternative, Commonwealth
pædiatric — alternative, dated

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: immunopediatric, neuropediatric, nonpediatric, pediatrically, telepediatric

Related: pediatrician, pediatrics

Semantic map

Other relationships

Sources

Where this information comes from

Wiktionary data was expanded into structured fields by Wiktextract. Matching Princeton WordNet definitions and semantic relationships, plus CMUdict ARPABET pronunciations, are merged into this same canonical word page.

Wiktionary text is credited to English Wiktionary contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. The source entry and revision history URL, legal text, and the complete attribution and reuse instructions are collected on the site-wide Sources, credits & licenses page.

Changes made: Wiktionary markup was removed and matching senses were grouped; WordNet and CMUdict evidence was merged into the canonical word page. Source quotations with separate cited works are not republished.

The page is served entirely from a local, versioned copy; opening it makes no upstream request or external navigation.

Real reading context

Examples

Meaning relationships

Examples

Meaning relationships

pediatric in complete knowledge articles