pædo trophy, pædo trophi a

[Greek paidotrophia, from paidotrophos = nourishing or rearing children: pais (gen it. paidos )=a boy, a girl, and trephoto nourish, to rear.] That branch of hygiene which deals with the nourishment of infants and children. pæ-on, s. [PEAN.] Ancient Pros.: A foot consisting of one long syllable and three short. The position of the long syllable can be varied in four ways, hence the pæon is said to be primus, secund us, tertius, or quart us; as, témpõríbūs , potent i a , ănīmātus , cělěrītās . pæ-ō-ni-a, subst . [Lat., from Gr. paiōnia =the peony, from Paian , Paión a physician of the gods, who first used it in medicine.]