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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.

geriatrics (uncountable)

(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.

branch of medicine dealing with the elderly

Catalan: geriatria f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 老年病學／老年病学, 老年病学 (lǎoniánbìngxué), 老年醫學／老年医学, 老年医学 (lǎoniányīxué)
Esperanto: geriatrio
Finnish: geriatria (fi)
French: gériatrie (fr) f
German: Geriatrie (de) f
Irish: geiriaitric f
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Italian: geriatria (it) f
Japanese: 老人医学 (rōjinigaku)
Korean: 노인병학 (noinbyeong-hak), 노인의학 (noinui-hak)
Portuguese: geriatria f
Russian: гериатри́я (ru) f (geriatríja)
Serbo-Croatian: gerijatrija (sh) f, геријатрија f
Spanish: geriatría (es) f

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