paediatrics

Questions about paediatrics

What does paediatrics mean?

paediatrics means "the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children".

How many syllables are in paediatrics?

paediatrics has 5 syllables: pa-e-di-a-trics. The stress falls on "di".

What is another word for paediatrics?

Close synonyms include pediatrics, pediatric medicine, pedology. 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 paediatrics a common word?

paediatrics 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.