pediatrician

English

Alternative forms

• paediatrician, pædiatrician

Etymology

pediatric +‎ -ian

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pēdĭətrĭʹshən, IPA^(key): /piːdɪəˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/

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• (US) enPR: pē'diətrĭʹshən, IPA^(key): /ˌpidi.əˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/

Noun

pediatrician (plural pediatricians)

1. (American spelling) A physician that specializes in pediatrics; the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

Synonyms

• paediatrist

Derived terms

• neuropediatrician

Translations

physician who specialises in pediatrics

• Arabic: طَبِيب أَطْفَال m (ṭabīb ʔaṭfāl)
• Armenian: մանկաբույժ (hy) (mankabuyž)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܣܝܵܐ ܕܫܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ m (āsyā d-šaḇrē), ܐܵܣܝܼܬܵܐ ܕܫܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ f (āsītā d-šaḇrē)
• Catalan: pediatre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 兒科醫師／儿科医师 (érkē yīshī), 兒科醫生／儿科医生 (érkē yīshēng)

• Czech: pediatr m
• Danish: børnelæge (da) c, pædiater c
• Dutch: kinderarts (nl) m, pediater (nl) m
• Faroese: barnalækni
• Finnish: lastenlääkäri (fi), pediatri (fi)
• French: pédiatre (fr) m or f
• Galician: pediatra (gl) m or f
• German: Kinderarzt (de) m, Kinderärztin (de) f
• Greek: παιδίατρος (el) c (paidíatros)
• Greenlandic: meeqqanut nakorsaq
• Gujarati: બાળચિકિત્સક (bāḷcikitsak)
• Hungarian: gyermekorvos (hu)
• Icelandic: barnalæknir (is) m
• Indonesian: dokter anak (id)
• Irish: péidiatraí m
• Italian: pediatra (it) m or f
• Japanese: 小児科医 (ja) (しょうにかい, shōnika-i)
• Korean: 소아과 의사 (soagwa uisa)
• Maltese: pedjatriku m, pedjatrika f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: barnelege, pediater

  Nynorsk: barnelege, pediater

• Persian: دکتر کودکان (doktor-e kudakân), پزشک کودکان (pezešk-e kudakân)
• Polish: pediatra (pl) m
• Portuguese: pediatra (pt) m or f
• Romanian: pediatru (ro) m, pediatră (ro) f
• Russian: педиа́тр (ru) m (pediátr), де́тский врач m (détskij vrač)
• Spanish: pediatra (es) m or f
• Swedish: barnläkare (sv) c, pediatriker (sv) c
• Thai: กุมารแพทย์ (th) (gù-maan-rá-pɛ̂ɛt)
• Ukrainian: педіа́тр m (pediátr)
• Vietnamese: bác sĩ khoa nhi, bác sĩ nhi