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geriatric

[jer-ee-a-trik, jeer-] / ˌdʒɛr iˈæ trɪk, ˌdʒɪər- /




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This time around, I was already in geriatric pregnancy territory, and I wasn’t getting any younger.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

It began with a geriatric black-Lab mix who’d been picked up as a stray and locked in a cage at the South Los Angeles animal shelter.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Three decades of work as a geriatric psychiatrist have shown me that even as we are better at diagnosis and treatment, medicine is outpacing the educational, social and financial side of Alzheimer’s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

The near-total dominance of a trio of weak albums is a sign of a geriatric culture with no interest in slowing its decline.

From Salon May 21, 2026

I strain to hear, but my old ears, for all their obscene hugeness, pick up nothing but snippets: “serious, serious depression” and “manifesting as aggression, not uncommon in geriatric patients.”

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

"My patients ask me - if they become dependent, who will take care of them?" says Dr Prasun Chatterjee, who leads the geriatrics unit at Apollo Hospital in Delhi.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Among them is dementia, said Emily Finkelstein, a geriatrics provider at the New York-Presbyterian medical center.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

Only 10% of medical schools routinely require rotations in geriatrics.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

Laura Mosqueda, a professor of family medicine and geriatrics at USC’s Keck School of Medicine, said the state’s findings “demonstrate many of the problems” that senior care advocates have long called on officials to address.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 12, 2025

She wore the insignia of a geriatrics supervisor.

From Life Sentence by Dick Francis




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