HyperDic: pediatrics

English > 1 sense of the word *pediatrics*:
NOUN	cognition	pediatrics, paediatrics, pediatric medicine, pedology	the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children

pediatrics > pronunciation
Sounds	piy.diyae'trihks
Rhymes	acoustics ... UNIX: 110 rhymes with ihks...

English > *pediatrics*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children.
Synonyms	paediatrics, pediatric medicine, pedology
Narrower	neonatology	That branch of pediatric medicine concerned with the newborn
Broader	medicine, medical specialty	The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
Spanish	pediatría
Catalan	pediatria, pedologia
Adjectives	pediatric	of or relating to the medical care of children
Nouns	pediatrician, pediatrist	a specialist in the care of babies