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ge·ri·at·ric ˌjer-ē-ˈa-trik 
ˌjir-
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geriatrics ˌjer-ē-ˈa-triks
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plural in form but singular in construction : a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people An old family member is often the inspiration for medical students who choose geriatrics.
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Since most medical care is devoted to those over 65, geriatrics, the medical treatment of the elderly, is a highly important specialty. The specific problems of the elderly include physical inactivity and instability, which result from weakness and loss of energy. Weakness of the eyes and ears plays a role, and weakening of the immune system often leads to more disease. All these conditions can be made worse by mental problems, such as declining intellectual activity, declining memory, and depression, which may prevent the patient from taking action to improve his or her condition. But the effects of aging can be greatly relieved by proper care. And the greatest improvement often results when the patient is persuaded to become more physically, mentally, and socially active.
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Noun most of the clinic's outpatients are geriatrics living on fixed incomes Adjective children who think that anyone over the age of 40 is geriatric went into nursing to work with geriatric patients
Recent Examples on the Web Sara Rathner Nerdwallet, Star Tribune, 10 July 2021 The first real-world BCI boom is expected in VR gaming headsets, with future applications to support the escalating geriatric and Alzheimer’s populations look promising. Frank Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021 It's just become a sport for the geriatric and anyone with a few million followers on social media who can throw a punch. Tim Dahlberg, Star Tribune, 30 Mar. 2021 Some states in America, including Alabama, California and Georgia, have geriatric-release laws. The Economist, 7 Sep. 2020 Like many nursing programs around the country seeking to address the shortage of nursing personnel able to care for the growing senior population, the nursing school at St. Thomas has added a clinical experience in geriatrics into their program. Alice Adams, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2018 Now Gove’s remark became the source of the ashen taste in the mouths of Remoaner metropolitan elites bewailing how provincial troglodytes, geriatrics, and Little Englanders had dashed their rationalist, internationalist dreams. Kyle Smith, National Review, 8 Apr. 2020 There are sweatshirt-wearing college students, cantankerous geriatrics, bedraggled parents of toddlers, hipsters with multiple facial piercings and purple-haired 20-somethings of indeterminate gender. Barton Swaim, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2020 Yet geriatrics is badly scanted in standard medical training. Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020 Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022 Many geriatric, ill, and injured civilians could not navigate the walkway at all. Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 2 May 2022 Devices and therapies ready to head to human trials can seek volunteers among a large pool of Hopkins geriatric patients. Meredith Cohn, Washington Post, 18 May 2022 Locals in Seulo scoffed at the pretension of Perdasdefogu to the geriatric throne. Jason Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2022 Leah O’Rourke, a 31-year-old physical therapist for older adults, posts geriatric care advice on her Instagram account, Love to Care For. Wired, 15 July 2022 As geriatric politicians have blocked climate action at the national level, younger generations—here meaning virtually anyone younger than 50—have turned to corporate climate action as a salve. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 15 July 2022 Locals in Seulo scoffed at the pretension of Perdasdefogu to the geriatric throne. New York Times, 13 July 2022 Tickets to the event range from $25 to $250 and all proceeds benefit Mt. Sinai’s Martha Stewart Centers for Living, which offer primary care for geriatric patients. Olivia Hosken, Town & Country, 18 Apr. 2022 See More
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The geriatric among us were already working (or trying to) when the Great Recession hit. Sara Rathner Nerdwallet, Star Tribune, 10 July 2021 The first real-world BCI boom is expected in VR gaming headsets, with future applications to support the escalating geriatric and Alzheimer’s populations look promising. Frank Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021 It's just become a sport for the geriatric and anyone with a few million followers on social media who can throw a punch. Tim Dahlberg, Star Tribune, 30 Mar. 2021 Some states in America, including Alabama, California and Georgia, have geriatric-release laws. The Economist, 7 Sep. 2020 Like many nursing programs around the country seeking to address the shortage of nursing personnel able to care for the growing senior population, the nursing school at St. Thomas has added a clinical experience in geriatrics into their program. Alice Adams, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2018 Now Gove’s remark became the source of the ashen taste in the mouths of Remoaner metropolitan elites bewailing how provincial troglodytes, geriatrics, and Little Englanders had dashed their rationalist, internationalist dreams. Kyle Smith, National Review, 8 Apr. 2020 There are sweatshirt-wearing college students, cantankerous geriatrics, bedraggled parents of toddlers, hipsters with multiple facial piercings and purple-haired 20-somethings of indeterminate gender. Barton Swaim, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2020 Yet geriatrics is badly scanted in standard medical training. Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020 Adjective
The findings did not surprise the researchers – rather, they were shocked, said Laura Baker, an author of the study and professor of gerontology and geriatric medicine at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022 Many geriatric, ill, and injured civilians could not navigate the walkway at all. Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 2 May 2022 Devices and therapies ready to head to human trials can seek volunteers among a large pool of Hopkins geriatric patients. Meredith Cohn, Washington Post, 18 May 2022 Locals in Seulo scoffed at the pretension of Perdasdefogu to the geriatric throne. Jason Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2022 Leah O’Rourke, a 31-year-old physical therapist for older adults, posts geriatric care advice on her Instagram account, Love to Care For. Wired, 15 July 2022 As geriatric politicians have blocked climate action at the national level, younger generations—here meaning virtually anyone younger than 50—have turned to corporate climate action as a salve. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 15 July 2022 Locals in Seulo scoffed at the pretension of Perdasdefogu to the geriatric throne. New York Times, 13 July 2022 Tickets to the event range from $25 to $250 and all proceeds benefit Mt. Sinai’s Martha Stewart Centers for Living, which offer primary care for geriatric patients. Olivia Hosken, Town & Country, 18 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
geriatrics from Greek gḗras "old age" + -iatrics; gḗras going back to a lengthened grade ablaut derivative of an Indo-European verbal base *ǵerh2- "become old, ripen," whence also, with varying ablaut and suffixation, Greek géras "gift of honor," geraiós "old," Old Church Slavic sŭzĭrějǫ, sŭzĭrěti "to ripen, mature," Armenian cer "old man, old," Sanskrit járati "(s/he) makes old, ages, decays," jaraṇáḥ "old, decayed," jarā́ "old age," Avestan zarəta- "old," azarəšant- "unaging," Persian zar "old man," zāl "(of persons) old"
Note: The word geriatrics was introduced by the Austrian-born U.S. physician Ignatz Leo Nascher (1863-1944) in the article "Geriatrics," New York Journal of Medicine, vol. 90, no. 8 (August 21, 1909), p. 358: "Geriatrics, from geras, old age, and iatrikos, relating to the physician, is a term I would suggest as an addition to our vocabulary, to cover the same field in old age that is covered by the term pædiatrics in childhood." — The peculiar lengthened grade in Greek gḗras has been explained as deriving from the aorist egḗrā "(s/he) became old." The diverse forms and meanings in Indo-Iranian perhaps reflect a merger of two roots, *ǵerh2- "become old" and *ǵerH- "wear down, grind." See also geronto-, churl, corn entry 1.
Adjective
back-formation from geriatrics
First Known Use
Noun
1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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