PEDI-; PEDO-
Ped"i-, Ped"o-. Etym: [See Foot.]
Defn: Combining forms from L. pes, pedis, foot, as pedipalp, pedireme, pedometer.
PEDIAL
Pe"di*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to the foot, or to any organ called a foot; pedal.
Dana.
PEDIATRIC Ped`i*at"ric (ped`i*at"rik or ped`i*at"rik), a. [Gr. pai^s, paido`s, child + 'iatrei`a healing.] (Med.)
Defn: Pertaining to the care and medical treatment of children.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
PEDIATRICS
Ped`i*at"rics, n.
Defn: That branch of medical science which treats of the hygiene and diseases of children.
PEDICEL
Ped"i*cel, n. Etym: [F. pédicelle. See Pedicle.]
1. (Bot.) (a) A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See Peduncle, and Illust. of Flower. (b) A slender support of any special organ, as that of a capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in algæ, or a sporangium in ferns.