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Pediatric vs Geriatrics - What's the difference?

pediatric | geriatrics |

As an adjective pediatric

is of or pertaining to pediatrics, the branch of medicine dealing with the care and treatment of children.

As a noun geriatrics is

(medicine) the branch of medicine that focuses on health promotion and the prevention and treatment of disease and disability in later life the term itself can be distinguished from gerontology, which is the study of the aging process itself.

pediatric

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Alternative forms

* paediatric

Adjective

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  • Of or pertaining to pediatrics, the branch of medicine dealing with the care and treatment of children.
  • :The hospital has established a pediatric intensive care unit.

    • Related terms

    * pediatrician * pediatrics

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    geriatrics

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    Noun

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  • (medicine) The branch of medicine that focuses on health promotion and the prevention and treatment of disease and disability in later life. The term itself can be distinguished from gerontology, which is the study of the aging process itself.
  • English plurals; old people.