as in elders
a person of advanced years
most of the clinic's outpatients are geriatrics living on fixed incomes
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Recent Examples of geriatrics
Janice Grandi is a primary care physician working in geriatrics.
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Janice Grandi, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
What had long been the province of geriatrics quickly morphed into something performative and hyper-masculine, with podcasters hyping testosterone injections, influencers displaying stacks of supplements, and billionaires interested in blood plasma exchanges as a way to live longer.
—Anne Marie Chaker, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
Your ability to move with or without ease comes down to muscle mass, range of motion, flexibility, and energy levels, according to Richard Dupee, MD, chief of geriatrics at Tufts Medical Center.
—Sydney Wingfield, Health, 26 Aug. 2025
It also was listed in the top 50 in cancer, cardiology and vascular surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, geriatrics, urology, and neurology and neurosurgery.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
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Janice Grandi, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
What had long been the province of geriatrics quickly morphed into something performative and hyper-masculine, with podcasters hyping testosterone injections, influencers displaying stacks of supplements, and billionaires interested in blood plasma exchanges as a way to live longer.
—Anne Marie Chaker, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
Your ability to move with or without ease comes down to muscle mass, range of motion, flexibility, and energy levels, according to Richard Dupee, MD, chief of geriatrics at Tufts Medical Center.
—Sydney Wingfield, Health, 26 Aug. 2025
It also was listed in the top 50 in cancer, cardiology and vascular surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, geriatrics, urology, and neurology and neurosurgery.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for geriatrics
Noun
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Long story short, a teenaged Bolles was on a grueling mountain hike with his troop, and his elders challenged him to finish the darn thing.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026
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Seeing East African and Southeast Asian elders sitting by the windows of their apartments, watching the streets, brought back memories of growing up near Siigaale Market, and watching people with my grandparents.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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Staying here is like stepping into an ultra-chic, adults-only Airbnb with the comforts of a boutique hotel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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However, adults 65 years and older and children younger than two are at higher risk of developing complications from the flu.—
Koko Nakajima,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Most oldsters like myself still will probably find revisiting the piece enjoyable.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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But Italian brainrot’s invisible massiveness, totally foreign to oldsters but beloved by children across continents and languages, is a compelling and chilling showcase of our frazzled internet culture landscape.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Geriatrics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geriatrics. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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