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☆ geri·at·rics (jer′ē a′triks)

noun

the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and problems of old age

Etymology: < Gr gēras, old age, gerōn, old man (< IE base *ĝer-, to grow ripe, age > corn, churl, Sans járant-, feeble, old) + -iatrics

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