paediatric

1. 1.

   of or relating to the medical care of children

   “pediatric dentist”

   Synonymspediatric

Questions about paediatric

What does paediatric mean?

paediatric means "of or relating to the medical care of children".

How many syllables are in paediatric?

paediatric has 5 syllables: pa-e-di-a-tric. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for paediatric?

Close synonyms include pediatric. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is paediatric a common word?

paediatric is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.