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GERIATRICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does geriatrics mean?
• GERIATRICS (noun)
The noun GERIATRICS has 1 sense:
1. the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people
Familiarity information: GERIATRICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
geriatrics; gerontology
Hypernyms ("geriatrics" is a kind of...):
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Derivation:
geriatric (of or relating to or practicing geriatrics)
geriatric (of or relating to the aged)
geriatrician (a specialist in gerontology)
Context examples
Geriatrics experts have suggested that exercising can improve brain health in older adults.
(Aerobic Exercise May Mildly Delay, Slightly Improve Alzheimer's Symptoms, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
This scale is often used in pediatrics and geriatrics.
(Facial Affective Scale, NCI Thesaurus)
The researchers noted that the tests were given to people of both genders from teens to geriatrics.
(Pollution Linked to Significant Decline in Human Cognition, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Geriatrics experts have suggested that exercising can improve brain health in older adults.
(Aerobic Exercise May Mildly Delay, Slightly Improve Alzheimer's Symptoms, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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