pediatrician

noun

pe·​di·​a·​tri·​cian ˌpē-dē-ə-ˈtri-shən 

variants or less commonly pediatrist

ˌpē-dē-ˈa-trist 

pē-ˈdī-ə-

: a specialist in pediatrics

Examples of pediatrician in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Another change involves a paradigm shift in the way pediatricians think about health and well-being, Hill said. —Andrea Kane, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025

Alexis Johnson Doll is now in her last year of residency as a pediatrician at Rady’s Children’s Hospital-San Diego where she was treated in 2008. —Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025

That means harmful germs that cause diarrheal or gastrointestinal illnesses can get into drinking water, said Dr. Andrew Lewandowski, a pediatrician at UW Health in Madison. —Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025

If your child has a bug bite and shows symptoms of West Nile, La Crosse, Zika, Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Powassan virus infection or other illnesses spread by mosquitoes or ticks, talk with your pediatrician. —Dr. Andrew Bernstein, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pediatrician

• academician
• cycloaddition
• decomposition
• diagnostician
• disinhibition
• indisposition
• interposition
• juxtaposition
• mathematician
• metacognition
• metaphysician
• neurotransmission

Kids Definition

pediatrician

noun

pe·​di·​a·​tri·​cian ˌpēd-ē-ə-ˈtrish-ən 

: a doctor who specializes in pediatrics

Medical Definition

pediatrician

noun

pe·​di·​a·​tri·​cian

variants or chiefly British paediatrician

ˌpēd-ē-ə-ˈtrish-ən 

: a specialist in pediatrics

called also pediatrist