paediatrician
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pae·di·a·tri·cian British English, pediatrician American English /ˌpiːdiəˈtrɪʃən/ noun [countable] MNa doctor who deals with children and their illnesses 儿科医生
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paediatrician• In Kabul he had plans to work as a paediatrician.• A consultant paediatrician said the bruising would have caused a degree of distress when inflicted but it would have been temporary.• A consultant paediatrician yesterday joined Labour candidate Alan Milburn to oppose a merger between two district health authorities.• Many paediatricians inform the research trust of new patients with cystic fibrosis, with their family's consent, on diagnosis.• The top paediatrician in Paris was summoned from his home in the suburbs.pae·di·a·tri·cian nounChineseSyllable
illnesses a children deals who their and with Corpus doctor
paediatrician
pae‧di‧a‧tri‧cian
British English, pediatrician American English /ˌpiːdiəˈtrɪʃən/ noun [countable]
a doctor who deals with children and their illnesses
▪ doctor someone who treats people who are ill, who has completed a long course of study at medical school: If you have bad chest pains, you should see a doctor.
▪GP British English a doctor who is trained in general medicine and who treats the people who live in a local area: My GP told me that I must lose weight.
▪physician /fəˈzɪʃən, fɪˈzɪʃən/ formal especially American English a doctor: the American physician, Dr James Tyler Kent
▪quack informal someone who pretends to be a doctor: My father felt that people practicing alternative medicine were just a bunch of quacks.
▪the medical profession doctors and nurses considered as a group: This view is widely accepted among the medical profession.
▪surgeon /ˈsɜːdʒən $ ˈsɜːr-/ a doctor who does operations in a hospital: One of the world’s top heart surgeons performed the operation.
▪specialist a doctor with special knowledge about a particular illness, part of the body, or type of treatment: The new drug is being tested by cancer specialists. | an eye specialist
▪consultant British English a very senior doctor in a hospital, with a lot of knowledge about a particular area of medicine: The consultant said that he did not think it was cancer.
▪paramedic someone who has been trained to treat sick or injured people, especially at the scene of an accident: Paramedics treated him for shock.
▪vet (also veterinarian especially American English) a doctor who treats animals: We took the cat to the vet.
▪paediatrician British English, pediatrician American English a doctor who treats children who are sick
▪gynaecologist British English, gynecologist American English a doctor who treats medical conditions and illnesses that affect women’s bodies
▪obstetrician a doctor who deals with the birth of children
▪radiographer someone whose job is to take X-rays or to treat people using an X-ray machine
pae‧di‧a‧tri‧cian
British English, pediatrician American English /ˌpiːdiəˈtrɪʃən/ noun [countable]a doctor who deals with children and their illnesses
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