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adjective
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of or pertaining to geriatrics, old age, or aged persons.
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noun
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Slang. an old person.
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Geriatric
is always a great word to know.
So is phenom. Does it mean:
| a tiresomely disagreeable person |
| a phenomenon, especially a young prodigy |
Origin:
1925–30; < Greek gér(ōn) old man + -iatric
1925–30; < Greek gér(ōn) old man + -iatric
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Example Sentences
- The magazine's cover subjects have become somewhat younger and its articles have a less geriatric tone.
- Hip and knee arthroplasty in the geriatric population.
- His task is to reinvent a company whose main business is not so much mature as geriatric.
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Word Origin & History
geriatric
1909, formed in Eng. from Gk. geras "old age" (from PIE base *gere- "to grow old;" cf. Skt. jarati "makes frail, causes to age") + iatrikos "of a physician," from iatros, related to iasthai "heal, treat," of uncertain origin. Geriatrics was coined 1909 by Ignatz L. Nascher (1863-1944) in "New York Medical
EXPANDJournal" on the model of pediatrics. The correct formation would be gerontiatrics.
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Medical Dictionary
geriatric ger·i·at·ric (jěr'ē-āt'rĭk)
adj.
Of or relating to geriatrics.
Of or relating to old age or to the aging process.
An old person.
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