"geriatric" meaning in English

See geriatric in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-au-geriatric.ogg [Australia] Forms: more geriatric [comparative], most geriatric [superlative]
Etymology: From geriatrics. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek γῆρας (gêras, “old age”) + -iatric. Etymology templates: {{m|en|geriatrics}} geriatrics, {{surf|en|grc:γῆρας|-iatric|t1=old age}} By surface analysis, Ancient Greek γῆρας (gêras, “old age”) + -iatric Head templates: {{en-adj}} geriatric (comparative more geriatric, superlative most geriatric)
  1. Relating to the elderly. Translations ((relating to the) elderly): vanhus- (Finnish), vanhusten (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-geriatric-en-adj-KrCWfguM Disambiguation of '(relating to the) elderly': 57 43 1
  2. Elderly, old. Synonyms: hoary, long in the tooth, on in years, elderly
    Sense id: en-geriatric-en-adj-9HnbYKNj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -iatric Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 75 3 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 80 2 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -iatric: 5 62 5 28
  3. Relating to geriatrics. Translations (relating to geriatrics): geriatria (Esperanto), geriatrinen (Finnish), gériatrique (French), γηριατρικός (giriatrikós) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-geriatric-en-adj-ZhsJ1Iu~ Disambiguation of 'relating to geriatrics': 1 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ethnogeriatric, geriatric chair, geriatrician, geriatricide, neurogeriatric, nongeriatric, oncogeriatric, orthogeriatric, psychogeriatric, suprageriatric

Noun

Audio: En-au-geriatric.ogg [Australia] Forms: geriatrics [plural]
Etymology: From geriatrics. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek γῆρας (gêras, “old age”) + -iatric. Etymology templates: {{m|en|geriatrics}} geriatrics, {{surf|en|grc:γῆρας|-iatric|t1=old age}} By surface analysis, Ancient Greek γῆρας (gêras, “old age”) + -iatric Head templates: {{en-noun}} geriatric (plural geriatrics)
  1. (slang) An old person. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Age, People Synonyms: genarian, oldster, silver top, old person Translations (slang: old person): kalkkis (Finnish), geriatrikko (Finnish), Greis (German), alter Mensch (German), pēperekōu (Maori)
    Sense id: en-geriatric-en-noun-O~cp8m9g Disambiguation of Age: 8 20 0 73 Disambiguation of People: 0 1 0 99

Inflected forms

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