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
Sara Netzley, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025
This coverage includes a range of medical services, including regular checkups, appointments with specialists, geriatric care and medical equipment.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Katie Camero, SELF, 28 Oct. 2024
Salamon and her sister Suzanne, a geriatric doctor, decided to move their mother up to Boston, where her sister who is head of geriatrics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, lives.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Money Heist became an international hit with rapid-fire plot twists for five seasons, which is practically geriatric in Netflix years.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025
This coverage includes a range of medical services, including regular checkups, appointments with specialists, geriatric care and medical equipment.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
Land on something soft, Elizabeth Eckstrom, MD, MPH, chief of geriatrics at the Oregon Health & Science University hospital, tells SELF.
—Katie Camero, SELF, 28 Oct. 2024
Salamon and her sister Suzanne, a geriatric doctor, decided to move their mother up to Boston, where her sister who is head of geriatrics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, lives.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for geriatric
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Puente was eventually taken into custody after an elderly man at a Los Angeles bar struck up a conversation with her and soon recognized her from the news.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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The suspect was arrested and charged with first-degree elderly exploitation.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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Therefore the products offered to their parents’ generation is not suitable for this generation of elders.—
Sara Zeff Geber, PhD,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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On New Year's Eve, families often join together for dinner as people offer sacrifices to ancestors and pay respect to their elders.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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This new definition, published January 14 in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, could shift the paradigm of clinical care for the 890 million adults worldwide who are currently considered to have obesity.—
Faye Chiu,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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There will even be some fun cocktails on offer for adults like the Year of The Snake margarita, which can be found at Lucky 8 Lantern.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Jan. 2025
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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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Women and adults younger than 45 are more likely than men and older adults to say that moderate drinking is bad for health, as were Democrats and independents.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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At twenty years old, Gauff is already a Grand Slam champion, and one of the richest and most famous female athletes in the United States.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2025
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“Geriatric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geriatric. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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