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Pediatrics - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Pediatrics : (noun)
1: the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of
infants and children [syn: paediatrics, pediatric
medicine]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Pediatrics : \Ped`i*at"rics\, n.
That branch of medical science which treats of the hygiene
and diseases of children.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pediatrics : Pediatrics: "Pediatrics is concerned with the health of infants, children and adolescents, their growth and development, and their opportunity to achieve full potential as adults."
(Richard E.Behrman in Nelson's Textbook of Pediatrics)
Pediatrics became a medical specialty in the mid-19th century. Before that time the care and treatment of childhood diseases was included within such areas as general medicine and obstetrics (and
midwifery).
The first pediatric monograph written in the U.S. was by Charles Caldwell who received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1796. His doctoral thesis was on diseases of
childhood associated with fever .
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Pediatrics |
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