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
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However, multiple challenges from last year — including age cutoffs at pharmacies and limited stock at pediatricians’ offices — may persist this season.
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Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
Parents should use antibiotics if they are prescribed and deemed necessary by their pediatrician.
—Angelica P. Ahrens, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
The doctor who put us on the path to real answers was, improbably, our kids’ pediatrician, Dr. Yvette Almendarez.
—Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Stuart Orkin, a hematologist and pediatrician at Harvard Medical School, has dedicated much of his career to figuring out how to get adult bone marrow to make more HbF.
For decades Orkin and his colleagues assumed there were multiple genetic variants involved in turning HbF production off and on.
—Kavin Senapathy, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
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Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
Parents should use antibiotics if they are prescribed and deemed necessary by their pediatrician.
—Angelica P. Ahrens, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
The doctor who put us on the path to real answers was, improbably, our kids’ pediatrician, Dr. Yvette Almendarez.
—Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Stuart Orkin, a hematologist and pediatrician at Harvard Medical School, has dedicated much of his career to figuring out how to get adult bone marrow to make more HbF.
For decades Orkin and his colleagues assumed there were multiple genetic variants involved in turning HbF production off and on.
—Kavin Senapathy, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Pediatrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pediatrician. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.
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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
: a specialist in pediatrics
called also pediatrist
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