Meanings
nounpediatrician (plural pediatricians)
plural pediatricians · alternative Commonwealth paediatrician · alternative dated pædiatrician
- USA physician that specializes in pediatrics; the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
Synonyms: paediatrist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA physician that specializes in pediatrics; the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
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Origin
Translations
Afrikaans pediater
- pediaterphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Arabic طَبِيب أَطْفَال
- طَبِيب أَطْفَال (ṭabīb ʔaṭfāl)physician who specialises in pediatrics
Catalan pediatre
- pediatrephysician who specialises in pediatrics
Chinese Mandarin 兒科醫師 /儿科医师, 兒科醫生 /儿科医生
- 兒科醫師 /儿科医师 (érkē yīshī)physician who specialises in pediatrics
- 兒科醫生 /儿科医生 (érkē yīshēng)physician who specialises in pediatrics
Czech pediatr
- pediatrphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Danish børnelæge, pædiater
- børnelægephysician who specialises in pediatrics
- pædiaterphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Dutch kinderarts, pediater
- kinderartsphysician who specialises in pediatrics
- pediaterphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Finnish lastenlääkäri, pediatri
- lastenlääkäriphysician who specialises in pediatrics
- pediatriphysician who specialises in pediatrics
French pédiatre
- pédiatrephysician who specialises in pediatrics
German Kinderarzt, Kinderärztin
- Kinderarztphysician who specialises in pediatrics
- Kinderärztinphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Greek παιδίατρος
- παιδίατρος (paidíatros)physician who specialises in pediatrics
Hungarian gyermekorvos
- gyermekorvosphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Icelandic barnalæknir
- barnalæknirphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Indonesian dokter anak
- dokter anakphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Irish péidiatraí
- péidiatraíphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Italian pediatra
- pediatraphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Japanese 小児科医
- 小児科医 (shōnika-i)physician who specialises in pediatrics
Korean 소아과 의사
- 소아과 의사 (soagwa uisa)physician who specialises in pediatrics
Māori mātanga aromātātahi
- mātanga aromātātahiphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Norwegian Bokmål barnelege, pediater
- barnelegephysician who specialises in pediatrics
- pediaterphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Persian دکتر کودکان, پزشک کودکان
- دکتر کودکان (doktor-e kudakân)physician who specialises in pediatrics
- پزشک کودکان (pezešk-e kudakân)physician who specialises in pediatrics
Polish pediatra
- pediatraphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Portuguese pediatra
- pediatraphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Romanian pediatru, pediatră
- pediatruphysician who specialises in pediatrics
- pediatrăphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Russian педиа́тр, де́тский врач
- педиа́тр (pediátr)physician who specialises in pediatrics
- де́тский врач (détskij vrač)physician who specialises in pediatrics
Slovak pediater
- pediaterphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Spanish pediatra
- pediatraphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Swedish barnläkare, pediatriker
- barnläkarephysician who specialises in pediatrics
- pediatrikerphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Thai กุมารแพทย์
- กุมารแพทย์ (gù-maan-rá-pɛ̂ɛt)physician who specialises in pediatrics
Ukrainian педіа́тр
- педіа́тр (pediátr)physician who specialises in pediatrics
Vietnamese bác sĩ khoa nhi, bác sĩ nhi
- bác sĩ khoa nhiphysician who specialises in pediatrics
- bác sĩ nhiphysician who specialises in pediatrics
Cite this entry
APA
pediatrician. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pediatrician
MLA
“pediatrician.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pediatrician. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pediatrician,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pediatrician.
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