gerontology

English

Etymology

geronto- +‎ -logy

Noun

gerontology (usually uncountable, plural gerontologies)

1. The study of the elderly, and of the aging process itself.
2. The branch of science that deals with the problems of aged people. It is to be distinguished from geriatrics, which is the study of the diseases of the elderly. Gerontology covers the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging.

Derived terms

• biogerontology
• biogerontology
• gerontological
• gerontologist
• psychogerontology
• sociogerontology

 

Translations

branch of science

• Catalan: gerontologia f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 老人學／老人学 (lou⁵ jan⁴ hok⁶), 老人学 (lou⁵ jan⁴ hok⁶)

  Mandarin: 老人學／老人学 (lǎorénxué), 老人学 (lǎorénxué)

• Czech: gerontologie (cs) f
• Danish: gerontologi (da)
• Dutch: gerontologie (nl) f
• Finnish: gerontologia
• French: gérontologie (fr) f
• Galician: xerontoloxía f
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• German: Gerontologie (de) f, Alternsforschung
• Ido: gerontologio (io)
• Italian: gerontologia (it) f
• Japanese: 老人学 (ろうじんがく, rōjingaku)
• Korean: 노인학 (noinhak) (老人學)
• Portuguese: gerontologia (pt) f
• Romanian: gerontologie (ro) f
• Russian: геронтоло́гия (ru) f (gerontológija)
• Serbo-Croatian: gerontologija (sh) f
• Spanish: gerontología f