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ephebiatrics, n. pl. (const. as sing.) Med. rare.|ɪˌfiːbɪˈætrɪks|
[f. Gr. ἔϕηβ-ος youth (cf. ephebe n.), after pædiatrics n.]
The branch of medicine dealing with the study of adolescence and the diseases of young adults.
1954H. Ogilvie in Lancet 28 Aug. 395/2 The young men and women of the age of military service..from eighteen to twenty-five, have medical and surgical problems peculiar to themselves, whose study provides a new age-group speciality, akin to pædiatrics and geriatrics... I have given this speciality the tentative name of Ephebiatrics... I would define ephebiatrics as the study of the health problems of men and women liable to be called up for National Service, that is between the ages of 18 and 25. 1958Time 19 May 5/1 Roth is an expert in a new medical specialty—‘ephebiatrics’—that closes the gap between specialized treatment for children and for adults. 1971MD Dec. 61/1 A few of the society's 450 members would like ‘ephebiatrics’ to become a board-certified specialty. |