gerontologynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌdʒer.ənˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/us/-ˈtɑː.lə-/specializedthe study of old age and of the changes it causes in the body
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The elderly
- a ripe old age idiom
- aged
- ageism
- agism
- centenarian
- crock
- geriatric
- geriatrics
- infirmity
- octogenarian
- old
- old age
- old age pensioner
- old boy
- sb's declining years idiom
- senile
- senior citizen
- septuagenarian
- seventies
- sexagenarian
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gerontological
adjective uk/-təˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us/-təˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
a centre for gerontological research