What is "geriatrics" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does geriatrics mean in English? Meaning of geriatrics definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "geriatrics" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "geriatrics": the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people

Noun

  • Meaning: the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people
  • Synonyms: geriatrics gerontology
  • Hypernyms: medical specialty medicine
  • Synonyms:

    infirmity, age, caducity, debility, decrepitude, dotage, feebleness, golden age, longevity, senility, seniority, years, agedness, elderliness, senectitude, senescence, advancing years, autumn of life, declining years, evening of life, golden years, latter part of animate life, oldness, retirement age, second childhood, winter of life, senior, pensioner, old-timer, patriarch, oldster, retiree, OAP, elderly person, geriatric, golden-ager, old fogey, old person, old-age pensioner, retired person,

    Antonyms:

    adolescence, childhood, infancy, youth,

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    geriatrics in English: geriatrics
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