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Or George is said of gero, that is a pilgrim, and gir, that is detrenched out, and ys, that is a councillor.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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Ativan can have a paradoxical effect--you want to be particularly careful with older folks or those with renal failure us gero people have a mantra -- benzos bad Haldol has to be in an adequate dosage, plus you often need to not think of it as a one-time thing but a round-the-clock dosing.
Your Nurse Can Kick Your Butt Mother Jones RN 2007
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Fooly Cooly everything is well in the world of gero
gero-man Diary Entry gero-man 2002
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In the same sense the two verbs derived from πολεμος are used, πολεμοω signifying ad bellum excito; πολεμεω, bellum gero.
The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. 480? BC-406 BC Euripides
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Latin _bellum_, war, and _gero_, to wage or carry on.
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Quia mi ita lubet. potin ut cures te atque ut ne parcas mihi? mea fiducia opus conduxi et meo periclo rem gero.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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He also defends gessimus in the line, "Vides malum quod gessimus", changed in our Breviary to fecimus (possibly because in the older poem the three forms, gerendum, gestis, gessimus, of the verb gero, occur in close proximity, and also possibly because of the words of the "Miserere") ( "Et malum coram Te feci").
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Quanquam autem harum e non paucis scholis explosarum notionum, praesertim prioris, causam hic non gero, maximi tamen momendi erit monuisse. gravissimo illos errore labi, qui tam perverse argumentandi ratione utuntur.
Biographia Literaria Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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Cass is a designated critical access hospital (CAH) with 25 acute care beds and a 10-bed gero-psychiatric unit.
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Recently added to the average gero-pharmacopeia of statins, diabetes drugs, and ace inhibitors are Prozac, Ambien and Valium.
Scientific Blogging 2010
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