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geriatric

[ jer-ee-a-trik, jeer- ]

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adjective

of or relating to geriatrics or old age:
the hospital's geriatric ward.
noting or relating to aged people or animals: a geriatric pet.
geriatric patients;
a geriatric pet.
old, outmoded, or worn out by long use:
The company is suffering from geriatric factories and manufacturing technologies.

geriatric

/ ˌdʒɛrɪˈætrɪk /

old-fashioned.
an elderly person
informal.
an older person considered as one who may be disregarded as senile or unable to look after his or her own best interests

First recorded in 1925–30; from Greek gér(ōn) “old man” + iatric ( def )

C20: from Greek gēras old age + iatric

Thanks to the basic dynamics of American politics, the GOP—as white and geriatric as it is—sits well-positioned for success.

But they are right to haul—or wheel—a geriatric SS man present at a notorious, if largely forgotten, massacre into the courtroom.

Right after Girls, she booked an episode of the HBO series Getting On, playing a frail woman in a geriatric ward.

The previous geriatric SCAF that ousted Mubarak after huge protests in February 2011 made a mess of things too.

In spite of their image as bland, geriatric pols, the party elders gave the LDP a sense political heft.

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