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geriatrics|dʒɛrɪˈætrɪks|
[f. Gr. γῆρας old age + ἰατρικός (see iatric a.), after pædiatrics.]
The branch of medicine, or of social science, dealing with the health of old people.
1909I. L. Nascher in N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 21 Aug. 358/2 Geriatrics, from geras, old age, and iatrikos, relating to the physician, is a term I would suggest as an addition to our vocabulary, to cover the same field in old age that is covered by the term paediatrics in childhood. 1919M. W. Thewlis (title) Geriatrics. A treatise on senile conditions, diseases of advanced life, and care of the aged. 1939Nature 25 Nov. 902/2 Courses in geriatrics should be established in the medical schools to give future physicians a better understanding of the effects of mental attitudes on the bodily ailments of the aged. 1967New Scientist 19 Jan. 160/2 There is in Britain only one university chair in geriatrics, and none in gerontology.
Hence geriaˈtrician, an expert in geriatrics.
1934in Webster. 1968Guardian 9 May 7/2 Most progressive geriatricians now want to keep old people out of hospital beds at all costs. |