paediatrics
noun /ˌpiːdiˈætrɪks/
/ˌpiːdiˈætrɪks/
(British English) (North American English pediatrics)
[uncountable]- the branch of medicine that deals with children and their diseases
儿科学 词源late 19th cent.: from paedo- ‘of children’ + Greek iatros ‘physician’ + -ics.