pediatric
Americanadjective
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of or relating to pediatrics.
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relating to children and teenagers, especially in a medical setting.
Explanation
If something's pediatric, it has to do with kids. A pediatric dentist, for example, specializes in cleaning and fixing children's teeth. You'll almost always find pediatric in a medical context: a pediatric doctor has children as patients, and a pediatric illness affects youngsters. Most hospitals have pediatric wings, areas, or floors, where the very youngest patients are treated. The adjective pediatric comes from the Greek pais, or "child," and iatrikos, "healing."
Vocabulary lists containing pediatric
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Example Sentences
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The insurer will additionally introduce authorization waivers for certain procedures performed at pediatric hospitals.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Lives were saved and the pit-crew model was widely adopted for pediatric surgery and neonatal resuscitation around the world.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
“A lot of the providers don’t have this on their radar,” said Dr. Jaspreet Loyal, a pediatric hospitalist at Yale Medicine.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
Smaller but real tailwinds could accrue to insurers with maternal and pediatric products, hospital operators with obstetrics and fertility exposure, preschool and education providers, and travel companies if family-friendly tourism gets sustained policy support.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
I find pediatric sick-visit reports for rashes, allergies, eczema, colds, fevers, and two ear infections, all before I was four months old.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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