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What it means
The care of young people from birth through adolescence. Children are not small adults: their drug doses are worked out by weight, their vital signs differ by age, and care is planned around their stage of growth and development and their family. Pediatric nursing is the specialty for this age group.
At a glance
| Spanish | pediatría |
|---|---|
| Also written | paediatrics |
Related terms
growth and development
The changes in body size (growth) and in skills and abilities (development) that happen across a person's life.
infancy
The first year of life, from birth to about 12 months of age.
ped/o
A word root that means child; in some words a look-alike root means foot.