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iˈæ adjective
1.
of or pertaining to geriatrics, old age, or aged persons.
noun
2.
Slang. an old person.
Origin:
1925–30; < Greek gér(ōn) old man + -iatric
1925–30; < Greek gér(ōn) old man + -iatric
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geriatric (ˌdʒɛrɪˈætrɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to geriatric medicine or to older people |
| 2. | offensive (of people or machines) old, obsolescent, worn out, or useless |
| —n | |
| 3. | old-fashioned, offensive an elderly person |
| 4. | informal, offensive an older person considered as one who may be disregarded as senile or unable to look after his or her own best interests |
| [C20: from Greek gēras old age + | |
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Geriatric
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Etymonline
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
Journal" on the model of pediatrics. The correct formation would be gerontiatrics.
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American Heritage
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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Example sentences
It conjured up images of geriatric males waking from one board meeting only to take lunch before moving on to snooze at another.
He's running a weak third and needs to stem the leakage of cranky and deranged white geriatric votes.
Although in practice, health care and geriatric care is gradually becoming one and the same thing.
Animals feel strain of old age, zoos develop geriatric care.
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