Definition of geriatrics
:a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people — compare gerontology
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noun, plural in form but singular in construction
ge·ri·at·rics
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ˌjer-ē-ˈa-triks
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ˌjir-
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First Known Use of geriatrics
1909
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