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
Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Mar. 2024
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
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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
Texas has 333 doctors who specialize in geriatrics to care for the 459,300 people 65 or older who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's in addition to all the other aging conditions.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Mar. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for geriatric
Adjective
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John also told us his elderly neighbors were without service.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
10 Feb. 2025
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The program has since grown to include nearly 3,000 elderly listeners attending to more than 200,000 people all over Zimbabwe, and is now expanding to vulnerable communities in nine countries, including the United States.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2025
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It's also left his Gen X elders waiting in the wings.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Sean also leaned on other gurus in wellness, like Deepak Chopra, Jay Shetty and even unexpected ones like Jay-Z. Additional support came from wise elders in his family, like his mom, in creating this interactive guidebook.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
10 Feb. 2025
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Adult general admission tickets at Anfield will continue to cost between £9 and £61 with the price of adult season tickets ranging from £713 to £904.—
James Pearce,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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This risk is very rare and most often occurs in older adults with chronic illnesses.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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Sam Nivola as Lochlan Ratliff: The high school senior, Timothy and Victoria's youngest, is pulled between following the life path of his older sister and brother while deciding his major life decision: Whether to go to Duke or the University of North Carolina.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Because that’s not how my experience or any of the older players’ experience with the Giants was.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Geriatric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geriatric. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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