Pediatrics \Ped`i*at"rics\, n.
   That branch of medical science which treats of the hygiene
   and diseases of infants and children.

   Syn: paediatrics.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

	

	pediatrics
    n 1: the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of
         infants and children [syn: pediatrics, paediatrics,
         pediatric medicine, pedology]