paediatrics

/ ˌpiːdɪˈætrɪks /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) the branch of medical science concerned with children and their diseases

Other Word Forms

• paediatric adjective

Example Sentences

Following her son's death, Dr Burns, a specialist in paediatrics, was told that Homerton University Hospital – rated as outstanding by inspectors – was going to investigate the death.

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The findings of a panel of 14 international experts in neonatology and paediatrics were revealed by Letby's legal team last month.

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The medical specialties with the most women doctors are obstetrics and gynaecology and paediatrics.

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On 4 February an international panel of experts in neonatology and paediatrics held a press conference disputing that any babies were deliberately harmed by Letby.

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Ahmed al-Farra, the head of paediatrics, said two other babies - one three days old and the other a month old - had been brought in over the past 48 hours after dying from hypothermia.

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