Pediatrics

Pediatrics, also spelled paediatrics and also known as underage medicine, is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, toddlers, children, adolescents, and young adults. Within the Commonwealth, pediatrics covers patients until the age of 18, except in India where the pediatric age is 12. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends people seek pediatric care through the age of 21, but some pediatric subspecialists continue to care for adults up to 26, depending on insurance coverage for young adults who reside with parents.

Worldwide age limits of pediatrics have been trending upward year after year.
A medical doctor who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician, or paediatrician.
The word pediatrics and its cognates mean "healer of children", derived from the two Greek words: παῖς and ἰατρός.

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