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geriatric

[jer-ee-a-trik, jeer-] / ˌdʒɛr iˈæ trɪk, ˌdʒɪər- /




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The project involved an interdisciplinary international group of experts in medication prescribing and geriatric medicine.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

This time around, I was already in geriatric pregnancy territory, and I wasn’t getting any younger.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

It began with a geriatric black-Lab mix who’d been picked up as a stray and locked in a cage at the South Los Angeles animal shelter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Then came Vegas and Staal turned into a geriatric version of Wayne Gretzky.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

“If you're a 'fan' of crawling along at thirty in a convoy of geriatric caravanners, the A417 to Cirencester is the route for you.”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

It also had the fourth-best hospitals for geriatrics, according to WalletHub.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Among them is dementia, said Emily Finkelstein, a geriatrics provider at the New York-Presbyterian medical center.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Only 10% of medical schools routinely require rotations in geriatrics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

But some people do opt for testing which is outside standard age-based guidelines, says Dr Carla Perissinotto, a geriatrics specialist at the University of California San Francisco.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025

She wore the insignia of a geriatrics supervisor.

From Life Sentence by Dick Francis


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