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UK
/dʒˌɛɹɪˈætɹɪks/
]
[ US /ˌdʒɛɹiˈætɹɪks/ ]
[ US /ˌdʒɛɹiˈætɹɪks/ ]
NOUN
- the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people
How To Use geriatrics In A Sentence
- A physician-scientist with clinical training in geriatrics, Tinetti has studied and published extensively on falls prevention and fall injury risk factors.
- By the standards of both Cook's crew and our modern-day colleagues, we were geriatrics.
- The specialisms of geriatrics and orthopaedic surgery have recorded the largest decreases in average length of stay.
- Objective To cultivate nursing personal with comprehensive capability and improve nursing quality geriatrics department.
- We used to have the yobbo (Clarkson), the spiv (quentin) and the boy racer (Needel), now we have two geriatrics and one in training. The last one (almost) « Transmission – BBC Top Gear
- This spells out the practical applications of the scientific knowledge currently available in the areas of gerontology and geriatrics.
- Geriatrics beds are those most likely to be blocked while assessment teams explore alternatives to residential care.
- They have the opportunity to work with multiple age groups from neonates to geriatrics.
- Like Hefner, Wenner panders to a young and, by their own definition, hip demographic of readers under 30 years of age; both publishers might charitably be described as priapic geriatrics at 84 and 64 years of age, respectively. Latest Articles
- Geriatrics beds are those most likely to be blocked while assessment teams explore alternatives to residential care.