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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"Fine?" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Example Sentences
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Vitale also used his announcement to raise awareness for his 21st annual fundraiser to benefit pediatric cancer research.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
"Another decisive factor was the fact that detailed safety data was available for the long-term use of sildenafil in children, as the active ingredient is already approved for other pediatric disorders."
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
I was rotating through a pediatric ICU in Baltimore.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
The company said the deal will make it a leader in pediatric low-grade glioma, a brain tumor, and expand its pipeline for drugs targeting adult and pediatric cancers with high unmet needs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Kabir, Soraya, and I had an additional reason to rejoice: Our little hospital in Rawalpindi had opened the week before, not the surgical unit, just the pediatric clinic.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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