Japanese

Noun

小児 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 小兒, hiragana しょうに, romaji shōni)

1. young child, infant

Compounds

• 小児科 (shōnika): pediatrics
• 小児病 (shōnibyō): childhood diseases
• 小児科医 (shōnikai): pediatrician
• 小児性愛 (shōni seiai): pedophilia
• 小児病院 (shōni byōin): children's hospital
• 小児麻酔 (shōni masui): pediatric anesthesia
• 小児麻痺 (shōni mahi): polio; infantile paralysis
• 小児喘息 (shōni zensoku): infantile asthma
• 脳性小児麻痺 (nōsei shōni mahi): cerebral palsy
• 仮性小児コレラ (kasei shōni korera): infantile pseudocholera
• 脊髄性小児麻痺 (sekizui sei shōni mahi): polio