paediatrics

pae-di-at-rics · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The branch of medicine that deals with the medical care and treatment of infants, children, and adolescents.

Related words

Antonyms: geriatrics
See also: medicine, paediatrician, pediatrics
Synonyms: child medicine, pediatrics

Etymology

From Greek pais (child) + iatrikos (relating to healing), with the suffix -ics denoting a field of study.