geriatrics
English
Etymology 1
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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.
Noun
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.
Translations
branch of medicine dealing with the elderly
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Etymology 2
Noun
geriatrics