Glossary

Pediatrics

Pediatrics

Pädiatrie·Also: Kinderheilkunde

Paediatrics is the medical speciality concerned with the health, development and diseases of children and adolescents. Doctors in this field are called paediatricians. They accompany their patients from birth into young adulthood.

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