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noun
A medical doctor specialising in the assessment and treatment of elderly people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a specialist in gerontology
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: gerontologist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: specialist, medical specialist
History
Etymology tree English geriatric Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English geriatrician From geriatric + -ian.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
