geriatric

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

Adjective

geriatric (comparative more geriatric, superlative most geriatric)

1. Relating to the elderly.
2. Elderly, old.

   Synonyms: hoary, long in the tooth, on in years; see also Thesaurus:elderly

3. Relating to geriatrics.
   • 2020, Georgi Gospodinov, chapter 2, in Time Shelter, page 12:

     At that moment he was practicing one of his professions—that of geriatric psychiatrist.

Derived terms

• ethnogeriatric
• geriatric chair
• geriatrician
• geriatricide
• neurogeriatric
• nongeriatric
• oncogeriatric
• orthogeriatric
• psychogeriatric
• suprageriatric

 

Translations

(relating to the) elderly

• Finnish: vanhus- (fi), vanhusten (fi)

relating to geriatrics

• Esperanto: geriatria
• Finnish: geriatrinen (fi)
• French: gériatrique (fr)
• Greek: γηριατρικός (el) (giriatrikós)

Noun

geriatric (plural geriatrics)

1. (slang) An old person.

   Synonyms: genarian, oldster, silver top; see also Thesaurus:old person

Translations

slang: old person

• Finnish: kalkkis (fi), geriatrikko
• German: Greis (de), alter Mensch
• Maori: pēperekōu