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ger·i·at·ric
(jĕr′ē-ăt′rĭk)adj.
1. Of or relating to geriatrics: a geriatric specialist; geriatric psychiatry; geriatric patients.
2. Elderly: a geriatric crowd at the play; a geriatric cat.
n.
Often Offensive An elderly person.
[Back-formation from geriatrics.]
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geriatric
(ˌdʒɛrɪˈætrɪk)adj
1. (Medicine) of or relating to geriatric medicine or to older people
2. offensive (of people or machines) old, obsolescent, worn out, or useless
n
3. (Medicine) old-fashioned offensive an elderly person
4. informal offensive an older person considered as one who may be disregarded as senile or unable to look after his or her own best interests
[C20: from Greek gēras old age + iatric]
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ger•i•at•ric
(ˌdʒɛr iˈæ trɪk, ˌdʒɪər-)adj.
1. of or pertaining to geriatrics, old age, or aged persons.
n. 2. an old person.
[1925–30; < Greek gér(ōn) old man + iatric]
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| Adj. | 1. | geriatric - of or relating to the aged; "geriatric disorder" |
| 2. | geriatric - of or relating to or practicing geriatrics; "geriatric hospital" |
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Translations
خاص بالشَّيْخوخَهشَيْخُوخيّطَبُّ الشَّيْخُوخَة
geriatrickýstařec
geriatriskgeriatriker
geriatrinenvanhus
gerijatrijagerijatrijski
geriátriai
öldrunar-
老人病学の老人病患者
노인병 환자노인병학
geriatrický
geriatrikergeriatrisk
เกี่ยวกับคนชราผู้สูงอายุ
bệnh nhân lão khoathuộc lão khoa
geriatric
[ˌdʒerɪˈætrɪk]A. ADJ
1. → geriátrico
geriatric home → residencia f geriátrica, centro m geriátrico
geriatric medicine → geriatría f
geriatric home → residencia f geriátrica, centro m geriátrico
geriatric medicine → geriatría f
2. geriatric judges → jueces que son unos vejestorios
B. N
2. → vejestorio m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
geriatric
[ˌdʒɛriˈætrɪk] adj [patient] → du service gériatrique; [hospital] → gériatrique geriatric medicinegeriatric medicine n → gériatrie fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
geriatric
adj
(pej inf) → altersschwach
n
(pej inf: = senile person) → Tattergreis(in) m(f) (pej inf)
geriatric
:geriatric care
n → Altenpflege f
geriatric hospital
n → geriatrische Klinik
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
geriatric
[ˌdʒɛrɪˈætrɪk] adj → geriatrico/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
geriatrics
(dʒeriˈӕtriks) noun singular the branch of medicine concerned with the diseases of old age.
ˌgeriˈatric adjective for the very old (and ill). a geriatric hospital.
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geriatric
→ شَيْخُوخيّ, طَبُّ الشَّيْخُوخَة geriatrický, stařec geriatriker, geriatrisk betagt, Tattergreis γηριατρική, γηριατρικός geriátrico, vejestorio geriatrinen, vanhus gériatrique, patient gériatrique gerijatrija, gerijatrijski anziano, geriatrico 老人病学の, 老人病患者 노인병 환자, 노인병학 bejaarde, geriatrisch gamling, geriatrisk geriatria, geriatryczny geriátrico гериатрический, лицо, страдающее болезнями старческого возраста geriatriker, geriatrisk เกี่ยวกับคนชรา, ผู้สูงอายุ yaşlılar, yaşlılık bệnh nhân lão khoa, thuộc lão khoa 老人, 老年病学的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
geriatric
adj geriátricoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.