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paediatric /ˌpiːdiˈatrɪk / (US English pediatric)
adjective relating to the branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases:
the hospital's paediatric ward
paediatric oncology.
– ORIGIN mid 19th century: from paedo- of children + iatric relating to a physician or to medicine, after modern Latin paediatricus.
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