pediatrics

pediatrics /pe·di·at·rics/ (-riks) the branch of medicine dealing with children, their development and care, and with the nature and treatment of diseases of children.

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pe·di·at·rics (pd-trks)

n.

The branch of medicine that deals with the development and care of infants and children and the treatment of their diseases.

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pediatrics

[pē′dē·at′triks]

a branch of medicine concerned with the development and care of infants and children. Its specialties are the particular diseases of children and their treatment and prevention. Also spelled paediatrics. Also called

Usage notes: (informal)

peds. pediatric, adj.

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pediatrics [pe″de-at´riks]

the branch of medicine dealing with the child, development and care of children, and the nature and treatment of diseases of children. adj., adj pediat´ric.

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pediatrics,

n the branch of medicine exclusively related to the care and treatment of infants and children.

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pediatrics (pē´dēat´riks),

n a branch of medicine concerned with the development and care of children. Its specialties are the particular diseases of children and their treatment and prevention.

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pediatrics

a branch of human medicine that deals with the diseases of children; the name is also used in describing the medicine of young animals.

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Patient discussion about pediatrics.

Q. How can I prevent baby caries? Hi, I’m pregnant on my 34 week and my older son had baby caries, I would like to prevent that this time.

A. First of all you might want to know that sweetening his formula would do that. And it’s not healthy in general. So don’t do that. After feeding- clean his moth. How to do that? Here is an article about early tooth decay:
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000101/20000101b.html