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Medicine for humans too small to accurately describe where it hurts.
means The branch of medicine devoted to the care of infants, children, and adolescents.
from Built from Greek pais/paid- meaning 'child' plus iatrikos meaning 'of healing' (the same root behind words like 'psychiatry'). The combined term was coined in the 19th century as doctors began formally recognizing that children aren't just small adults medically — they get distinct illnesses, need different doses, and require their own specialty entirely.
- dosing math
- everything scaled by weight, not age
- patient skill
- half the job is winning trust, not meds
- range
- covers newborns through late teens
- origin
- from greek pais, meaning child