Glossary
Pediatrician Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential pediatrician terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key pediatrician vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in pediatrician training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Adolescent medicine
- Teen health care.
- Anticipatory guidance
- Advice before issues arise.
- Asthma action plan
- Steps for asthma control.
- Bronchiolitis
- Lung infection in babies.
- Developmental milestone
- A skill expected by an age.
- Failure to thrive
- Poor growth.
- Febrile seizure
- Seizure with fever.
- Growth chart
- Tracks height and weight.
- Immunization
- Vaccination.
- Jaundice
- Yellowing in newborns.
- M-CHAT
- Autism screening tool.
- Neonatology
- Newborn intensive care.
- Otitis media
- Middle ear infection.
- Vaccine schedule
- Recommended timing of vaccines.
- Well-child visit
- Routine checkup.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Pediatrician practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Pediatrician training.
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