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geriatrics
(redirected from Geriatry)

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geriatrics /ger·i·at·rics/ (-at´riks) the department of medicine dealing especially with the problems of aging and diseases of the elderly.
dental geriatrics  gerodontics.
ger·i·at·rics (jr-trks)
n.
The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and problems specific to old age.
geri·a·trician (jr--trshn) n.
geriatrics (jer´ēat´riks),
n the department of medicine or dentistry that treats health problems peculiar to advanced age and the aging, including the clinical problems of senescence and senility.
geriatrics
the branch of medicine dealing with the problems of aging and diseases of the older animal; usually dealing with companion animals.
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