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# paediatrician

«paediatrician» in Mova's school dictionary: **a doctor who looks after babies, children and teenagers…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a paediatrician, paediatricians)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A paediatrician is a doctor who looks after babies, children and teenagers and treats their illnesses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paediatrician/#m1)

2) It is also a doctor who checks that a child is growing and developing well, even when the child is not ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paediatrician/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life a family may take a sick or newborn child to a paediatrician, often after the family doctor (GP) sends them there. In stories and health lessons the word tells the reader the patient is a child. Phrases: see a paediatrician, a children's hospital paediatrician, referred to a paediatrician.

### examples

- The paediatrician listened to the baby's chest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paediatrician/#x1)
- My little brother sees a paediatrician every few months. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paediatrician/#x2)
- Our GP sent me to a paediatrician about my asthma. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paediatrician/#x3)
- The paediatrician measured how tall I had grown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paediatrician/#x4)
- A paediatrician works on the children's ward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paediatrician/#x5)
- Mum asked the paediatrician whether my rash was serious. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paediatrician/#x6)
- She trained for many years to become a paediatrician. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paediatrician/#x7)
- The paediatrician gave Ellie a sticker after her injection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paediatrician/#x8)

### note

Countable: one paediatrician, two paediatricians; use «a» (a paediatrician). UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand spelling is «paediatrician»; the USA and often Canada write «pediatrician». The field is «paediatrics». Do not confuse with «podiatrist», a foot doctor, or with «paedophile», which is a completely different and bad word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «paediatrician» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paediatrician/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.