paediatrics
/ˌpiːdiˈætrɪks/noun
उच्चारण पीडिऐट्रिक्स
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the branch of medicine concerned with children and their diseases
बाल-चिकित्सा
- She specializes in paediatrics.
- He chose paediatrics because he enjoys working with young children.
- The hospital has opened a new ward for paediatrics on the second floor.
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- She is doing her postgraduate course in paediatrics at a medical college in Jaipur.
- Advances in paediatrics have greatly reduced deaths among newborn babies.
◇Word family
AaSpelling
pae·di·at·rics
With -pae- in British English (American pediatrics).
British English में यह शब्द paediatrics लिखा जाता है, जिसमें -pae- आता है। American English में यही शब्द pediatrics लिखा जाता है।
§Grammar and usage
Paediatrics ends in -s but takes a singular verb ('Paediatrics is a demanding field'), like physics and economics.
Paediatrics -s पर खत्म होता है पर singular verb लेता है ('Paediatrics is a demanding field'), physics और economics की तरह।
⌂Word origin and word building
Paed- means child (as in encyclopaedia, originally 'all-round education').
Paed- का अर्थ बच्चा।
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One-word substitution
A children's doctor is a paediatrician; a doctor for old people a geriatrician; for women a gynaecologist; for animals a veterinarian.
बच्चों का डॉक्टर paediatrician; वृद्धों का geriatrician; स्त्रियों का gynaecologist; जानवरों का veterinarian।