Health and Medicine: iatr (healing); therap (medical treatment)

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  1. pediatric
    of or relating to the medical care of children
  2. pediatrics
    branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of children
  3. pediatrician
    a medical specialist in the care of children
  4. geriatric
    of or relating to the aged
  5. geriatrics
    the branch of medical science that deals with old people
  6. psychiatrist
    a specialist in the treatment of mental disorders
  7. psychiatry
    the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
  8. psychiatric
    relating to the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
  9. podiatrist
    a specialist in care for the feet
  10. chemotherapy
    the use of drugs to treat disease, especially cancer
  11. therapist
    a person skilled in a particular type of care
  12. therapy
    the act of providing treatment for an illness or disorder
  13. therapeutic
    tending to cure or restore to health
Created on Thu Apr 02 16:32:45 EDT 2026 (updated Thu Apr 02 16:33:29 EDT 2026)

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