| 单词 | geratology |
| 释义 | geratology in British English (ˌdʒɛrəˈtɒlədʒɪ) noun the branch of medicine concerned with elderly people and the phenomena associated with ageing; geriatrics and gerontology Derived forms geratological (ˌdʒɛrətəˈlɒdʒɪkəl) adjective geratologist (ˌgeraˈtologist) noun Word origin C19: from gerato-, from Greek gēras old age + -logygeratology in American English (ˌdʒerəˈtɑlədʒi) noun Biology the study of the diminution or decline of life, as in an individual animal or a species approaching extinction Derived forms geratologic (ˌdʒerətlˈɑdʒɪk) geratologous (ˌdʒerəˈtɑləɡəs) adjective Word origin [1880–85; gerat- (erroneously taken as the s. of Gk gêras old age) + -o- + -logy]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, barnstorm, interface, pari-mutuel, quotation mark-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -logy is a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge. Other wordsthat use the affix -logy include: anthropology, reflexology, thanatology, topology, tropologyWord lists with Branches of medicine |
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