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pediatrics

noun · 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

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpiːdɪˈætɹɪks/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌpidiˈætɹɪks/
  • CMU ARPABET: P IY2 D IY0 AE1 T R IH0 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children and adolescents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, plural, plural-only

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: peds, pedes, paediatry, pediatry

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: paediatrics, pediatric medicine, pedology

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medicine, medical specialty

Narrower terms: neonatology

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “child”) ped + -iatrics.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: pediatrie — branch of medicine
  • Arabic: طِبُّ الأَطْفَال (ṭibbu l-ʔaṭfāl) — branch of medicine
  • Asturian: pediatría — branch of medicine
  • Belarusian: педыятры́я (pjedyjatrýja) — branch of medicine
  • Bulgarian: педиатрия (pediatrija) — branch of medicine
  • Catalan: pediatria — branch of medicine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兒科 /儿科 (érkē) — branch of medicine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兒科學 /儿科学 (érkēxué) — branch of medicine
  • Czech: pediatrie — branch of medicine
  • Dutch: kindergeneeskunde — branch of medicine
  • Dutch: pediatrie — branch of medicine
  • Esperanto: infanmedicino — branch of medicine
  • Finnish: lastentautioppi — branch of medicine
  • Finnish: pediatria — branch of medicine
  • French: pédiatrie — branch of medicine
  • Galician: pediatría — branch of medicine
  • German: Pädiatrie — branch of medicine
  • German: Kinderheilkunde — branch of medicine
  • Greek: παιδιατρική (paidiatrikí) — branch of medicine
  • Hungarian: gyermekgyógyászat — branch of medicine
  • Indonesian: pediatri — branch of medicine
  • Indonesian: ilmu kesehatan anak — branch of medicine
  • Irish: péidiatraic — branch of medicine
  • Irish: leanbhliacht — branch of medicine
  • Italian: pediatria — branch of medicine
  • Japanese: 小児科 (shōnika) — branch of medicine
  • Khmer: កុមារវេជ្ជវិទ្យា (ko mar vij jeak vi tyea) — branch of medicine
  • Māori: mātai arotamariki — branch of medicine
  • Māori: mātai aromātātahi — branch of medicine
  • Polish: pediatria — branch of medicine
  • Portuguese: pediatria — branch of medicine
  • Romanian: pediatrie — branch of medicine
  • Russian: педиатри́я (pediatríja) — branch of medicine
  • Spanish: pediatría — branch of medicine
  • Swahili: matibabu ya watoto — branch of medicine
  • Swedish: pediatrik — branch of medicine
  • Thai: กุมารเวชศาสตร์ — branch of medicine
  • Turkish: pediyatri — branch of medicine
  • Ukrainian: педіатрі́я (pediatríja) — branch of medicine
Real reading context

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