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单词 geriatric
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geriatric

[ jer-ee-a-trik, jeer- ]
/ ˌdʒɛr iˈæ trɪk, ˌdʒɪər- /
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adjective

of or relating to geriatrics or old age: the hospital's geriatric ward.
noting or relating to aged people or animals: geriatric patients;a geriatric pet.
old, outmoded, or worn out by long use: The company is suffering from geriatric factories and manufacturing technologies.

noun

Often Offensive. an aged person.

Origin of geriatric

First recorded in 1925–30; from Greek gér(ōn) “old man” + iatric

Words nearby geriatric

Gerd, gerent, gerenuk, gerfalcon, Gergiev, geriatric, geriatrician, geriatrics, Géricault, Gerlachovka, germ
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British Dictionary definitions for geriatric

geriatric
/ (ˌdʒɛrɪˈætrɪk) /

adjective

of or relating to geriatric medicine or to older people
offensive (of people or machines) old, obsolescent, worn out, or useless

noun

old-fashioned, offensive an elderly person
informal, offensive an older person considered as one who may be disregarded as senile or unable to look after his or her own best interests
See also psychogeriatric

Word Origin for geriatric

C20: from Greek gēras old age + iatric
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for geriatric

geriatric
[ jĕr′ē-ătrĭk ]

adj.

Of or relating to geriatrics.
Of or relating to old age or to the aging process.

n.

An old person.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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