pediatrician

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pe·di·a·tri·cian /ˌpiːdiəˈtrɪʃən/ noun [countable]  x-refthe American spelling of paediatrician paediatrician的美式拼法

Examples from the Corpus

pediatrician• The month before, they had an opportunity to pose some questions to a pediatrician.• An alert pediatrician has an excellent opportunity to nurture this.• Q.. My pediatrician gives our son a flu shot every fall.• Mentally, I make a note to have the boy checked by our pediatrician.• Renowned pediatrician Berry Brazelton wrote an article in 1962 that changed the way parents approach toilet training.• It is awkward to call the pediatrician every time the baby has a new blemish on her cheek.• The pediatrician, the child psychologist, and the local organizers all exist.• If their pediatrician is telling them to wait, that their child will outgrow it, the parents know better.

pe·di·a·tri·cian nounChineseSyllable  

American of spelling Corpus the paediatrician

pediatrician

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pae‧di‧a‧tri‧cian British English, pediatrician American English /ˌpiːdiəˈtrɪʃən/ noun [countable]
a doctor who deals with children and their illnesses
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ 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

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pe‧di‧a‧tri‧cian /ˌpiːdiəˈtrɪʃən/ noun [countable]
the American spelling of paediatrician

pedi·at·ri·cian (NAmE) (BrE paedi·at·ri·cian) BrE /ˌpiːdiəˈtrɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpiːdiəˈtrɪʃn/ 🔊 noun a doctor who studies and treats the diseases of children 儿科医生；儿科专家