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gerontology|ˌdʒɛrənˈtɒlədʒɪ|
[f. Gr. γεροντ-, γέρων old man + -o + -logy.]
The scientific study of old age and of the process of ageing.
1903[see thanatology]. 1954Medical Press 25 Aug. 180/1 The science of gerontology..includes the medical and biologic, the psychologic and sociologic, the economic and philosophic aspects of ageing. 1967[see geriatrics].
Hence geˌrontoˈlogical a., of or pertaining to gerontology; ˌgeronˈtologist, an expert in, or student of, gerontology.
1941Time 22 Sept. 48 First problem facing the gerontologists is to get funds for research. 1944Science 8 Dec. 508 Thus McCay, referring to gerontological work, expressed the need [etc.]. 1954Medical Press 25 Aug. 180/1 No such science as a ‘science of ageing’ has actually been constituted—even, apparently, where most attention has been given to gerontological studies. 1955New Biol. XVIII. 29 The gerontologist, with the prolongation of human life in mind, is interested in something..which is in no sense comparable with the evolution of sight. 1966Listener 21 Apr. 573/1 Muscle aging is of particular interest, however, for gerontologists—people, that is, who are working on the nature and control of age changes. 1967New Scientist 19 Jan. 160/1 The relatively small numbers engaged in gerontological research in Britain. |