pediatric

adjective pe·di·at·ric \ ˌpē-dē-ˈa-trik \

|Updated on: 8 Jun 2018

Definition of pediatric

1 : of, relating to, or specializing in pediatrics or its practice

pediatric dermatology

a pediatric nurse

2 : of, relating to, affecting, or being an infant, child, or adolescent

pediatric patients

pediatric cancers

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Recent Examples of pediatric from the Web

And while there were some vaccine shortages reported in 2017, the CDC says supplies of both adult and pediatric hepatitis A vaccines are able to meet current demand.

— jamie ducharme, Time, "Tennessee Is Just the Latest State to Report a Hepatitis A Outbreak. Here's What to Know," 30 May 2018
The center provides healthcare to all ages from pediatric through elder care, with particular attention to those whose healthcare access is limited by financial, cultural or transportation constraints.

— Ramona Sentinel, "Health center kicks off fundraising campaign," 25 May 2018
Two girls, a 6-year-old and 9-year-old, were sent to pediatric trauma centers in serious condition.

— robert gundran, azcentral, "Three children, two adults seriously hurt in head-on crash in Phoenix," 23 May 2018
For the last four years Schlaggar has served as division head of pediatric and developmental neurology and co-director of the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

— andrea k. mcdaniels, baltimoresun.com, "Baltimore's Kennedy Krieger Institute hires new CEO," 17 May 2018
The boy who spent the last three years in two different hospitals and in a pediatric brain rehabilitation center, learning to walk, talk and even eat again, finally came home to Oklahoma on March 31.

— kc baker, PEOPLE.com, "Boy Shot in Face By Mom in Murder-Suicide That Killed Brother Doesn’t Speak of Horror He Survived," 17 May 2018
The national survival rate in the US among neonatal and pediatric ECMO patients is about 72%, and at Children's Mercy, where more than 800 patients have been on ECMO, the rate is about 78%.

— jacqueline howard, CNN, "Teen walks while on life support: 'It was one step closer to getting home'," 21 Mar. 2018
In their final year of med school, NEOMED students must undergo a 4 1/2-hour exam involving seven standardized patients representing ob-gyn, pediatric, psychiatric, surgery and other cases, Wagner said.

— julie washington, cleveland.com, "Medical students practice bedside manner at Northeast Ohio Medical University's training center," 31 Jan. 2018
The director of adult and pediatric kidney transplantation at IU Health has performed more than 2000 kidney transplants in Indiana and won't slow down any time soon.

— shari rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, "Hoosier health to get boost from $33M grant to Indiana institute," 22 May 2018

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First Known Use of pediatric

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medical : of or relating to the medical care or illnesses of children

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adjective pe·di·at·ric

variants: or chiefly British paediatric play \ˌpēd-ē-ˈa-trik\

medical Definition of pediatric

: of or relating to pediatrics

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