Pediatrics is the part of medicine that looks after children: babies through teenagers. It is the American spelling. The British spelling is paediatrics.

Pediatricspediatrics(小兒科) is the part of medicine that looks after children是照顧孩子的醫學科別: babies through teenagers從嬰兒到青少年都算。It is the American spelling這是美式拼法。The British spelling is paediatrics英式拼法是paediatrics。

People treat the word as a subject name, like mathematics — 'Pediatrics is hard,' not 'Pediatrics are hard.' A doctor in this field is a pediatrician. A hospital has a pediatrics ward.

People treat the word as a subject name, like mathematics大家把這個字當成學科名稱來用,就像mathematics — 'Pediatrics is hard,' not 'Pediatrics are hard.'會說'Pediatrics is hard'而不是'Pediatrics are hard' A doctor in this field is a pediatrician這一科的醫生叫pediatrician。A hospital has a pediatrics ward醫院裡有pediatrics ward(小兒科病房)。

The word is formal-to-neutral: you see it on doors, in textbooks, and on forms.

The word is formal-to-neutral這個字介於正式和中性之間: you see it on doors, in textbooks, and on forms你會在門牌、教科書和表格上看到它。

Though actually, 'a pediatric' is not how we name the doctor; that adjective needs a noun ('pediatric care').

Though actually不過其實, 'a pediatric' is not how we name the doctor'a pediatric'不是用來稱呼那位醫生的說法; that adjective needs a noun ('pediatric care')這個形容詞需要接名詞(像'pediatric care')。

And this ped- means 'child' (Greek), not 'foot' (Latin). A pedicure is for feet; pediatrics is for children.

And this ped-而這個ped- means 'child' (Greek)意思是「小孩」(源自希臘文), not 'foot' (Latin)不是「腳」(那是拉丁文)。A pedicure is for feetpedicure是為腳做的; pediatrics is for childrenpediatrics是為小孩服務的。