What (who) is paediatrics - definition

FIELD OF MEDICINE DEALING WITH THE CARE OF CHILDREN

Paediatrics; Pediatrician; Paediatric; Pediatric; Pædiatrician; Paediatrician; Pædiatrics; Pediatricians; Pædiatric; Pediatrist; Pediatry; Paediatricians; Pediatric medicine; Pediatric Medicine; Medication of children

paediatrics

Note: The spelling 'pediatrics' is used in American English. The form 'paediatric' is used as a modifier.

Paediatrics is the area of medicine that is concerned with the treatment of children's illnesses.

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paediatrics

[?pi:d?'atr?ks]

(US pediatrics)

¦ plural noun [treated as sing.] the branch of medicine concerned with children and their diseases.

Derivatives

paediatric adjective

paediatrician noun

Origin

C19: from paedo- + Gk iatros 'physician' + -ics.

pediatrician

see paediatrician

Wikipedia

Pediatrics

Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics or pædiatrics) is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until the age of 18. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends people seek pediatric care through the age of 21, but some pediatric subspecialists continue to care for adults up to 25. Worldwide age limits of pediatrics have been trending upward year after year. A medical doctor who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician, or paediatrician. The word pediatrics and its cognates mean "healer of children," derived from the two Greek words: παῖς (pais "child") and ἰατρός (iatros "doctor, healer"). Pediatricians work in clinics, research centers, universities, general hospitals and children's hospitals, including those who practice pediatric subspecialties (e.g. neonatology requires resources available in a NICU).

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Examples of use of paediatrics

1. "Community paediatrics is a critically important area of work.

2. The panel comprised experts in virology, epidemiology, gastroenterology, immunology, paediatrics, autism, and child psychiatry.

3. Professor Murch, now professor of paediatrics and child health at Warwick Medical School, denies the charges.

4. The toughest would involve reorganisation of emergency care, paediatrics and maternity services.

5. "They have helped us fill key shortage areas such as psychiatry, obstetrics and gynaecology, and paediatrics.