Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to geriatrics.
- adjective Of or relating to the aged or to characteristics of the aging process.
- noun An aged person.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
elderly . - adjective Of or pertaining to
geriatrics . - noun slang An old person.
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- adjective of or relating to or practicing geriatrics
- adjective of or relating to the aged
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Each day, when he is in residence in the Whipstick, he sets out on what he calls his "geriatric jog", and then extends that exercise regime into a ramble.
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In the mean time, remember one of our favorite aphorisms in geriatric medicine: The hospital is no place for sick people.
Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital M.D. Mark Lachs 2010
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The daughter of a Virginia coal mine owner, she earned a doctorate in geriatric care and battled her way up in politics starting as a state legislator from New Bern before rising to lieutenant governor.
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A test for what is called gait speed is emerging in geriatric research as a validated measure of frailty in elderly people and a predictor of physical and cognitive health.
The Newest Heart Test Is Low-Tech Ron Winslow 2010
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Just 468 first-year fellowships in geriatric medicine were available in the 2006 – 2007 academic year; nonetheless, almost half of them went unfilled.
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Barack Obama has WON and John McWalkingcane is going DOWN in geriatric defeat in November!!!
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Just 468 first-year fellowships in geriatric medicine were available in the 2006 – 2007 academic year; nonetheless, almost half of them went unfilled.
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Just 468 first-year fellowships in geriatric medicine were available in the 2006 – 2007 academic year; nonetheless, almost half of them went unfilled.
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He seems to understand when patients are about to die, 'said Dr. David Dosa, an expert in geriatric care who described the phenomenon in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Archive 2007-07-01 Jonathan 2007
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UC research shows rapid decline in geriatric medicine studies
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