/ English Dictionary |
PAEDIATRICIAN
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A specialist in the care of babies
Synonyms:
baby doctor; paediatrician; pediatrician; pediatrist
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("paediatrician" is a kind of...):
medical specialist; specialist (practices one branch of medicine)
Instance hyponyms:
Harold Hirschsprung; Hirschsprung (Danish pediatrician (1830-1916))
Benjamin Spock; Spock (United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998))
Derivation:
paediatrics (the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children)