Definition of paediatric in English:
paediatric
(US pediatric)
adjective piːdɪˈatrɪkˌpidiˈætrɪk
Relating to the branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases.
the hospital's paediatric ward
Example sentencesExamples
- His enforced retirement from the scene would have a catastrophic effect on paediatric morale.
- Paediatric dentistry is a much neglected area of medicine.
- Ground level contains maternity outpatient services, with paediatric outpatients above.
- The minister said the first report would deal with post-mortem issues in paediatric hospitals.
- The paediatric pathologist deferred to the expertise of the ophthalmic consultants.
- Being a paediatric specialist in the field, he preferred to base his own opinion on personal experience.
- Their comments illustrate how difficult and controversial paediatric palliative care still is.
- There have been no such studies carried out with the paediatric population.
- Once he rules out the problem in the throat, a paediatric gastroenterologist can be consulted to rule out a problem in the food pipe.
- Paediatric practice is underpinned by a professional requirement to act in the child's best interests.
Definition of pediatric in US English:
pediatric
(British paediatric)
adjectiveˌpidiˈætrɪkˌpēdēˈatrik
Relating to the branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases.
the hospital's pediatric ward
Example sentencesExamples
- Once he rules out the problem in the throat, a paediatric gastroenterologist can be consulted to rule out a problem in the food pipe.
- Their comments illustrate how difficult and controversial paediatric palliative care still is.
- Paediatric practice is underpinned by a professional requirement to act in the child's best interests.
- The minister said the first report would deal with post-mortem issues in paediatric hospitals.
- His enforced retirement from the scene would have a catastrophic effect on paediatric morale.
- There have been no such studies carried out with the paediatric population.
- The paediatric pathologist deferred to the expertise of the ophthalmic consultants.
- Paediatric dentistry is a much neglected area of medicine.
- Ground level contains maternity outpatient services, with paediatric outpatients above.
- Being a paediatric specialist in the field, he preferred to base his own opinion on personal experience.