as in elderly
being of advanced years and especially past middle age
went into nursing to work with geriatric patients
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as in elder
a person of advanced years
most of the clinic's outpatients are geriatrics living on fixed incomes
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Recent Examples of geriatric
Allie Volpe, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
His mother is a geriatric psychiatrist, according to a December New Yorker profile.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
Sara Zeff Geber, Phd, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Forget what’s become laughable about Biden’s geriatric walks down Air Force One.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2024
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The Cleveland Clinic launched a social prescribing model for geriatric patients.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
His mother is a geriatric psychiatrist, according to a December New Yorker profile.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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In almost all medical schools, pediatrics training is mandatory, while training in geriatrics can be hard for medical students to find.
—Sara Zeff Geber, Phd, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Forget what’s become laughable about Biden’s geriatric walks down Air Force One.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2024
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However, for those who are very young, elderly or have health problems, the temperature shouldn't dip below 68 degrees, WHO adds.Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
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And This Guy was in jail, having pleaded guilty to assault with serious bodily injury as well as neglect of an elderly or disabled person.Bellamy Young, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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Reba Teran was one of the Eastern Shoshone elders who came along.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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Earlier this week, a host of federal agencies - including the CFPB - led by the Federal Reserve issued a joint statement providing major banks with examples of how to effectively combat financial exploitation of elders.Rob Wile, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
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From 2011 to 2019, incidence of colon cancer fell by about 1% annually, mainly among older adults.Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Donations of new or gently used coats, hats, scarves, gloves and boots for adults and children age one month to 11 years old are being sought, a news release said.Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 13 Dec. 2024
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Folks back in the day had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz. 36.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
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The Duke is the true tale of an eccentric oldster who, in 1961, stole a Francisco Goya painting of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.Dallas News, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2022
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The show skips across the decades, dramatizing the interviews an older Dolours (Maxine Peake) did for a Boston College oral history of the Troubles, which were taped with the promise that they would be released only after participants’ deaths.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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By contrast, the prospect of citizenships and alliances—and perhaps conquests or crusades—structured around the opinions, beliefs, and subjective identities of ordinary people in times of peace would require a new (or very old) conception of empire.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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“Geriatric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geriatric. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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