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geriatrics
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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′ē·at′riks]
the branch of medicine dealing with the physiologic characteristics of aging and the diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the aged.
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.
geriatrics
The specialty dedicated to the care and management of the elderly; life expectancy–LE in 1900–US, 45 yrs; LE in 2002, 77 in ♂; 81 in ♀. Cf Gerontology, Todeserwartung.


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