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geriatrics

[jer-ee-a-triks, jeer-] / ˌdʒɛr iˈæ trɪks, ˌdʒɪər- /


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In March 2023, Schmidt met with George Hennawi, the MedStar system’s physician executive director of geriatrics and senior services, as well as others, including a pharmacist who went through her medications.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Do not be fooled by suggestions Australia have unveiled a list of geriatrics, ready to shuffle off to a cricketing retirement home, tending the garden in their baggy green caps.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

Fried, the Yale School of Medicine physician, works in geriatrics, and it weighs heavily on her mind whether her older patients are truly absorbing the medical information they need to know.

From Slate • May 2, 2025

And that can take a toll on our overall well-being, said Dr. Ashwin Kotwal, an assistant professor of geriatrics at the University of California, San Francisco.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2024

She wore the insignia of a geriatrics supervisor.

From Life Sentence by Francis, Dick