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Geriatrics
Meaning
Noun
●
In Medicine:
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.
●
plural of geriatric
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