gerontology
noun
Examples of gerontology in a Sentence
Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Valter Longo, professor of gerontology and biological sciences at the University of Southern California, said taking a large amount of supplements risked adverse interactions.
—Christopher Beam, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
Paul Shiels, a professor of cellular gerontology at the University of Glasgow, who was not involved in the new research, says the study was well powered with sizable cohorts.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 6 Dec. 2023
According to the Mayo Clinic, the types of certifications a dietitian can get are pediatrics, renal nutrition, sports dietetics, nutrition support, oncology, gerontology, and diabetes education.
—Emma Fox, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
Reynolds, the gerontology expert, thinks education is sorely needed for both formal and informal caregivers and hopes educators will prepare students effectively.
—AZCentral.com, 27 June 2023
Lori Reynolds, who spent many years as an assistant clinical professor of occupational therapy at Northern Arizona University and has a doctorate in gerontology, agrees.
—AZCentral.com, 27 June 2023
This concept is also championed by Valter Longo, PhD, a professor of gerontology and biological sciences and the Edna M. Jones Chair in Gerontology at the University of Southern California-Los Angeles, as well as director of USC’s Longevity Institute.
—Rachel Murphy, Health, 17 Mar. 2023
Based on Walling’s conversations with Lori Reynolds, a gerontology expert, Nizzi knew that there was potential for illustrating how someone’s understanding of the world could be altered by Alzheimer’s and how that could pose challenges for caregivers.
—Caitlin McGlade, AZCentral.com, 1 May 2023
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Word History
borrowed from French gérontologie, from géronto- geronto- + -logie -logy
Note: The French word was apparently introduced by Élie metchnikoff in Études sur la nature humaine: essai de philosophie optimiste (Paris, 1903), p. 386: "Il nous parait très probable que l'étude scientifique de la vieillesse et de la mort qui devra constituer deux branches de la science, la Gérontologie et la Tanatologie, amènera de grandes modifications dans la marche de la période avancée de la vie." ("It appears very likely to us that the scientific study of old age and death that will have to constitute two branches of science, gerontology and thanatology, will bring about great changes in the course of the last period of life.") The term appears as gerontologija in the corresponding Russian text (Ètjudy o prirodě čelověka [Moscow, 1904], p. 214).
1903, in the meaning defined above
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