"geriatrics" meaning in English

See geriatrics in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Ancient Greek γῆρας (gêras, “old age”) (see γέρων (gérōn)) + ἰατρός (iatrós, “physician”); coined in English in 1909 by Ignatz L. Nascher in the New York Medical Journal on the model of pediatrics; correct formation would be gerontiatrics. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵerh₂-}}, {{uder|en|grc|γῆρας||old age}} Ancient Greek γῆρας (gêras, “old age”), {{m|grc|γέρων}} γέρων (gérōn), {{m|grc|ἰατρός||physician}} ἰατρός (iatrós, “physician”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} geriatrics (uncountable)
  1. (medicine) The branch of medicine that focuses on health promotion and the prevention and treatment of disease and disability in later life. The term itself can be distinguished from gerontology, which is the study of the aging process itself. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly): geriatria [feminine] (Catalan), 老年病學 (Chinese Mandarin), 老年病学 (lǎoniánbìngxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 老年醫學 (Chinese Mandarin), 老年医学 (lǎoniányīxué) (Chinese Mandarin), geriatrio (Esperanto), maljunulmedicino (Esperanto), geriatria (Finnish), gériatrie [feminine] (French), Geriatrie [feminine] (German), γηριατρική (giriatrikí) [feminine] (Greek), geriátria (Hungarian), geriatri (Indonesian), geiriaitric [feminine] (Irish), geriatria [feminine] (Italian), 老人医学 (rōjinigaku) (Japanese), 노인병학 (noinbyeonghak) (Korean), 노인의학 (noinuihak) (Korean), geriatrik (Malay), geriatria [feminine] (Portuguese), гериатри́я (geriatríja) [feminine] (Russian), gerijatrija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), геријатрија [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), geriatría [feminine] (Spanish), геріатрі́я (heriatríja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-geriatrics-en-noun-6iNyKvpf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} geriatrics
  1. plural of geriatric Tags: form-of, plural Form of: geriatric
    Sense id: en-geriatrics-en-noun-gVOliiOz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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