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Medicine for people who can't yet describe what hurts, with stickers as anesthesia.
means The branch of medicine dedicated to the health and care of infants, children, and adolescents.
from From Greek pais (child) and iatros (healer) — literally child-healing — assembled into a formal specialty in the 1800s.
Not just smallChildren aren't tiny adults; doses scale by weight.
Late bloomerFirst US pediatric hospital opened in 1855, Philadelphia.
Wide rangeCovers birth through about age 18 or older.