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Noun: pediatrics  `pee-dee'a-triks
Usage: N. Amer (=paediatrics)
  1. The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children
    - paediatrics [Brit, Cdn], pediatric medicine [N. Amer], pedology [N. Amer], paediatric medicine [Brit, Cdn]

See also: pediatric [N. Amer], pediatrist [N. Amer]

Type of: medical specialty, medicine

Encyclopedia: Pediatrics Pediatrics, the journal

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