pediatric orthopædics?

Hi, I would like to know the correct American spelling:

pediatric orthopedics?
pediatric orthopædics?
pædiatric orthopædics?


Both words have æ in UK, because they have the same origin (Greek''pæd'', meaning: a child)...

Milton I have no idea but my money would almost certainly be on the Americans having dropped the a (afetr the p).

I'd say google it sunshine.

In the US that'd be "pediatric orthopedics", for the record.

http://www.aaos.org/
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - AAOS

http://www.aoassn.org/
American Orthopaedic Association

That is probably like the American theater people who will refer to theater with "theatre"; just because they use that usage does not make such normal American spelling.

You will see both in the US, but the simpler form is more common.