iatro-, iater-, -iatria, -iatric, -iatrician, -iatrics, -iatry

1. A physician who specializes in the treatment of children and their development and care and of the diseases of children and their treatment.
2. A specialist or expert in pediatrics.

1. The branch of medical science dealing with the study of childhood and the diseases of children.
2. The medical specialty concerned with the study and treatment of children in health and disease during development from birth through adolescence.

The care and medical treatment of children; pediatrics.

A physician who treats prisoners, as in a penitentiary.

A rarely used term for pediatrics.

1. A term used for someone who is interested in the study of medicine; a medical student.
2. Having a special attraction to or fondness for the study of medicine.

1. Someone who specializes in the study of disorders of spoken language and their management.
2. An expert or specialist in phoniatry.

1. The study of the voice and medical treatment of its disorders.
2. The analysis, assessment, and management of disorders of spoken language.
3. The sciences of the voice, speech and speech training, the problem of the deaf and mute, and musical problems and techniques.

A specialist in the scientific study and medical treatment of the defects and disorders in voice production.

A reference to the treatment and cure of mental disorders.

Healing, medical treatment; healer; phthisiotherapy.

A physician who specializes in physiatry (rehabilitation medicine).

1. That branch of medicine which deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease with the aid of physical agents; such as, light, heat, cold, water, and electricity, or with a mechanical apparatus; physical medicine.
2. An old term for physical therapy.
3. Rehabilitation management.
4. The doctrine or system of natural cures.
5. The applications of natural agencies in medicine.

1. A physician who specializes in physiatrics.
2. A physician who specializes in physical medicine.
3. A health care professional who administers physical therapy; a physical therapist.

Physical medicine; physiatrics.