Meaning & use
paediatrician
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Meaning
nouncountablemedicalBritish
a doctor who treats babies, children, and young people.
Grammar: Countable: a paediatrician, two paediatricians. Often followed by 'who' or 'specializing in'.
Patterns
- a paediatrician who specializes in something
- see a paediatrician
- a paediatrician at a hospital
The paediatrician checked the baby's breathing and said she was fine.
If your child has a high fever for more than three days, see a paediatrician.
She trained as a paediatrician and now works at a children's hospital.
Word forms
| plural | paediatricians |
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Common combinations
- consult a paediatrician
- The family decided to consult a paediatrician about the rash.
- a paediatrician at the hospital
- The paediatrician at the hospital examined the newborn.
- a paediatrician specializing in heart problems
- They found a paediatrician specializing in heart problems.
- a visit to the paediatrician
- The visit to the paediatrician lasted about thirty minutes.
Synonyms and how they differ
- pediatrician
- The American spelling of the same medical specialist.
- children's doctor
- A more general, everyday phrase; 'paediatrician' is the precise medical term.
Word family
- paediatrics noun
- the branch of medicine that treats children
- paediatric adjective
- relating to the medical care of children
Commonly confused: paediatrician or pediatrician?
paediatrician vs pediatrician
This is simply the American spelling of the same word; both are correct in their own varieties.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'paediatrician' correctly?
Choose one answer.
A paediatrician is a doctor for children, so examining a child's ears fits the meaning. The other options describe jobs that have nothing to do with medicine.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “paediatrician”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.