Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A physician who specializes in pediatrics.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A physician who specializes in pediatrics; a children’s doctor or babies’ doctor.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as pediatrist.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a specialist in the care of babies
Etymologies
Examples
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His primary care pediatrician is also well-versed in Ian's story and knows what to look for during regular checkups.
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A Faculty Practice pediatrician is on call 24 hours a day for emergencies.
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If your primary care pediatrician is unavailable, another provider from our group will care for your child.
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Once again, I called our pediatrician—a mother of six at the time—to be sure I was masterfully trained on the technique.
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I called the pediatrician's office, but they weren't there.
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After I called the pediatrician and listened to the snickering in the background, knowing I was put on the scary parent to watch list, I felt much better when the doc said “disgusting- yes, dangerous- probably not”.
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I called our pediatrician, Dr. Benton, and made an appointment for a quarter to noon.
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Our pediatrician is very good, but she's a bit scattered and I spent a lot of my time worrying that I'm missing some key bit of information.
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I called the pediatrician to have her fax over the referral.
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AWTM: I call the pediatrician, tell her I suspect motion sickness.
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"caring for your baby and young child" author steven shelov page 17
November 2, 2010