geriatrics en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γῆρας (gêras, “old age”) (see γέρων (gérōn)) + ἰατρός (iatrós, “physician”); coined in English in 1909 by Ignatz L. Nascher in the New York Medical Journal on the model of pediatrics; correct formation would be gerontiatrics. Compare gerontology.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The branch of medicine that focuses on health promotion and the prevention and treatment of disease and disability in later life. The term itself can be distinguished from gerontology, which is the study of the aging process itself.
Deriveds
psychogeriatrics · ethnogeriatrics · oncogeriatrics · orthogeriatrics
Translations (25)
fi geriatria (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · pt geriatria (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · el γηριατρική (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · es geriatría (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · de Geriatrie (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · ga geiriaitric (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · pl geriatria (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · uk геріатрі́я (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · sh gerijatrija (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · sh геријатрија (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · id geriatri (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · eo maljunulmedicino (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · fr gériatrie (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · it geriatria (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · ko 노인의학 (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · ru гериатри́я (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · ko 노인병학 (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · cmn 老年醫學 /老年医学 (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · ja 老人医学 (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · cmn 老年病學 /老年病学 (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · nl geriatrie (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · ms geriatrik (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · eo geriatrio (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · hu geriátria (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly) · ca geriatria (branch of medicine dealing with the elderly)