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PAEDIATRICIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paediatrician mean? 

PAEDIATRICIAN (noun)
  The noun PAEDIATRICIAN has 1 sense:

1. a specialist in the care of babiesplay

  Familiarity information: PAEDIATRICIAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PAEDIATRICIAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A specialist in the care of babies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

baby doctor; paediatrician; pediatrician; pediatrist

Hypernyms ("paediatrician" is a kind of...):

medical specialist; specialist (practices one branch of medicine)

Instance hyponyms:

Harold Hirschsprung; Hirschsprung (Danish pediatrician (1830-1916))

Benjamin Spock; Spock (United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998))

Derivation:

paediatrics (the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children)


 Context examples 


These tests could potentially be used by paediatricians or physicians who see children at a young age.

(New Approach to Predict Respiratory Allergy in Early Childhood, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)



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