Meaning

3 senses

  1. Relating to the elderly.

    The study examined the efficacy of geriatric interventions in reducing the frequency of falls among the elderly.

    Proper nutrition is a cornerstone of geriatric health, yet it is often overlooked in home-care settings.

    of or relating to the aged

  2. Elderly, old.

  3. Relating to geriatrics.

    of or relating to or practicing geriatrics

Examples

3 sentences

  1. He just left the geriatric ward.

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  2. My older brother works in a geriatric hospital.

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  3. Geriatric millennials often identify more closely with the traits of Generation X than with those of their own generation.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From geriatrics. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek γῆρας (gêras, “old age”) + -iatric.

From geriatrics. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek γῆρας (gêras, “old age”) + -iatric.

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Forms

more geriatric, most geriatric
Comparativemore geriatric Lesson
Superlativemost geriatric Lesson

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms
elderlyA2seniorA2hoarylong in the toothon in yearseldergerontologicgerontologicalmaturedof a certain ageover the hillsuperannuatedpreservedwintry
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words
Relatedgeriatricsaged
Derivedethnogeriatricgeriactiongeriatric chairgeriatriciangeriatricidegeriatric millennialgerrieneurogeriatricnongeriatriconcogeriatricorthogeriatricpsychogeriatricsuprageriatric

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
geraniumgerbilgermB2GermanA2
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