单词 | geriatric |
释义 | geriatric (once / 20556 pages) adj Use the adjective geriatric to describe something that has to do with elderly people. The geriatric ward of a hospital is specifically designated for elderly patients. You can bet they have some pretty lively bingo nights there. Geriatric often describes something related to the medical care of elderly people, like a geriatric hospital. When it’s used outside of a health care context, it takes on a sense of “feeble” or “decrepit.” It can be humorous if you use it about someone or something that's not actually old, like a group of middle-aged people calling their weekly cocktail gatherings the “geriatric club.” But if you call your grandparents’ golf buddies the “geriatric club,” they’d probably be offended. WORD FAMILYgeriatric: geriatrician, geriatrics+/geriatrician: geriatricians USAGE EXAMPLES“They invest more in their remaining connections,” said Gary Kennedy, director of geriatric psychiatry at Montefiore Medical Center. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Nearly one-third of people age 51 and older experience fatigue, according to a 2010 study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) Older people are no more likely than younger ones to be depressed, says Robert Roca, chairman of the American Psychiatric Association’s Council on Geriatric Psychiatry. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) 1adj of or relating to the aged geriatric disorder 2adj of or relating to or practicing geriatrics geriatric hospital Syn gerontological |
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