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adjective, of or relating to geriatric medicine or to older people
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geriatric
- 1) adjective, of or relating to geriatric medicine or to older people
- 2) adjective, offensive (of people or machines) old, obsolescent, worn out, or useless
- 3) noun, old-fashioned, offensive an elderly person
- 4) noun, 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
Etymology
C20: from Greek gēras old age + iatric
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008


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