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geriatric

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




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So it was just me and the geriatric dog.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

In earlier work, the researchers drew on the expertise of 12 international panelists specializing in internal medicine, geriatric medicine and clinical pharmacology to develop a list of 65 PIPCs.

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

Just as he had throughout the trial, Nels Gudmundsson rose with a geriatric awkwardness that was painful for the citizens in the gallery to observe.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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

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

Laura Mosqueda, a professor of family medicine and geriatrics at USC’s Keck School of Medicine, said the state’s findings “demonstrate many of the problems” that senior care advocates have long called on officials to address.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025

She wore the insignia of a geriatrics supervisor.

From Life Sentence by Dick Francis


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