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    PEDIATRICIAN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A specialist in the care of babiesplay

    Synonyms:

    baby doctor; paediatrician; pediatrician; pediatrist

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("pediatrician" is a kind of...):

    medical specialist; specialist (practices one branch of medicine)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Harold Hirschsprung; Hirschsprung (Danish pediatrician (1830-1916))

    Benjamin Spock; Spock (United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998))

    Derivation:

    pediatrics (the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children)

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