pediatric

adjective

pe·​di·​at·​ric ˌpē-dē-ˈa-trik 

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

Examples of pediatric in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The child was taken to the hospital for medical treatment and is currently in the pediatric intensive care unit with bilateral skull fractures and subdural and subarachnoid hemorrhages, according to the arrest citation. —Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025

And just this week, pediatric vaccine expert Paul Offit, a critic of Kennedy, was removed from the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine panel. —Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

But fewer physicians may be willing to go against FDA recommendations, says Andrew Pavia, MD, chief of the division of pediatric infectious diseases, adjunct professor of medicine at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, and spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. —Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 29 Aug. 2025

He is expected to remain in the pediatric intensive care unit for at least five days after undergoing surgery, according to the GoFundMe page. —Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing pediatric

• pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome

Rhymes for pediatric

• allopatric
• bariatric
• geriatric
• paediatric
• podiatric
• psychiatric
• neuropsychiatric

Medical Definition

pediatric

adjective

pe·​di·​at·​ric

variants or chiefly British paediatric

ˌpēd-ē-ˈa-trik 

1

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

a pediatric nurse

pediatric oncology

2

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

a pediatric patient

pediatric fractures