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

Updated on: 11 Sep 2017

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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The last two episodes of season seven were dedicated to Rehab Addict carpenter Bobby Prothero's daughter Tessa, who was battling pediatric cancer.

— maria carter, Country Living, "'Rehab Addict' Is Returning to TV This Fall, Nicole Curtis Confirms," 11 Aug. 2017
And 5,000 transplants later, Jewish is still the only game in town for organ transplants, with the exception of a far smaller pediatric program at Norton Children’s Hospital.

— grace schneider, The Courier-Journal, "Will Jewish Hospital's organ-transplant program survive KentuckyOne Health's sell-off?," 10 Aug. 2017
The comprehensive adult and pediatric eye care services offered at the new clinic include: Eye exams, eyeglasses and contact lenses, cataract evaluations, glaucoma screenings, diabetic eye exams, dry eye testing and an optical store.

— erin edgemon, AL.com, "UAB Callahan Eye Hospital to open new full-service clinic in Pell City," 18 July 2017
The British consumer-products company acquired the pediatric-nutrition seller Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. in a $16.6 billion deal earlier this year.

— nick turner, Bloomberg.com, "McCormick to Buy Reckitt Food Unit for $4 Billion, FT Says," 18 July 2017
Children’s Mercy Hospital won more than $2 million in an arbitration ruling against two health care companies that were supposed to pay for low-income pediatric care at the hospital.

— steve vockrodt, kansascity, "Children’s Mercy wins $2 million arbitration for low-income pediatric care," 14 July 2017
Northam, a pediatric neurologist, also supported the addition of a new addiction-services benefit to the state’s 1 million Medicaid patients.

— laura vozzella, Washington Post, "Ed Gillespie touts Portman effort to add opioid funding to Senate health-care bill," 13 July 2017
Kosair Charities has $259 million in assets, according to its most recent tax report, and gave $13.5 million in grants to 100 pediatric agencies in the Louisville area.

— andrew wolfson, The Courier-Journal, "Already struggling to get gifts, University of Louisville losing chief fundraiser to Kosair Charities," 30 June 2017
When your body starts pumping out too much insulin—which is common with type 2—receptors in the skin folds respond by making extra pigment, says Alyne Ricker, MD, pediatric endocrinologist at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston.

— barbara brody, Woman's Day, "7 Signs You May Have Type 2 Diabetes," 29 June 2017

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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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