geriatric
of or relating to geriatrics or old age: the hospital's geriatric ward.
noting or relating to aged people or animals: geriatric patients;a geriatric pet.
old, outmoded, or worn out by long use: The company is suffering from geriatric factories and manufacturing technologies.
Often Offensive. an aged person.
Origin of geriatric
1Words Nearby geriatric
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How to use geriatric in a sentence
The geriatric guise is the latest instance of people trying to cut the line to get vaccinated from the deadly virus.
Two young women in Florida ‘dressed up as grannies’ to get vaccinated, health official says | Meryl Kornfield | February 19, 2021 | Washington PostLoss of eggs and risks to pregnancy happen gradually over time, not all at once, but 35 is when doctors begin calling pregnancies “geriatric” to reflect increased risks.
Data Show More Women Are Freezing Their Eggs During the Pandemic, Defying Doctors’ Expectations | Eliana Dockterman | January 13, 2021 | TimeOther members said they were reassured by the support of the recommendation from geriatric medicine specialists.
Health-care workers and nursing home residents should be the first to get coronavirus vaccines, CDC advisory group says | Lena H. Sun, Isaac Stanley-Becker | December 3, 2020 | Washington PostOther members said they were reassured by the support of the recommendation from specialists in geriatric medicine.
Health-care workers will be vaccinated first. For now, they’re handling a surge in hospitalizations. | Ariana Eunjung Cha, Lenny Bernstein, Lena H. Sun, Jose Del Real | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostBarry Lowenthal, CEO of The Media Kitchen, backed that claim but emphasized that, in describing HuffPost’s audience as older, “I’m not talking geriatric.”
‘Context really matters again’: How BuzzFeed’s HuffPost acquisition can help the combined company’s ad sales pitch | Tim Peterson | November 30, 2020 | Digiday
Thanks to the basic dynamics of American politics, the GOP—as white and geriatric as it is—sits well-positioned for success.
But they are right to haul—or wheel—a geriatric SS man present at a notorious, if largely forgotten, massacre into the courtroom.
There Should Be No Statute of Limitations on Prosecuting War Crimes | Michael Moynihan | January 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRight after Girls, she booked an episode of the HBO series Getting On, playing a frail woman in a geriatric ward.
June Squibb, the Curse-Happy Elderly Mom In ‘Nebraska,’ Delivers the Year’s Funniest Turn | Marlow Stern | November 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe previous geriatric SCAF that ousted Mubarak after huge protests in February 2011 made a mess of things too.
Egypt’s Military Is Waiting for the Worst | Christopher Dickey, Mike Giglio | July 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn spite of their image as bland, geriatric pols, the party elders gave the LDP a sense political heft.
Japan’s Liberal Democrats Win Huge, But Stability May Prove Elusive | Takashi Yokota | December 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for geriatric
/ (ˌdʒɛrɪˈætrɪk) /
of or relating to geriatric medicine or to older people
offensive (of people or machines) old, obsolescent, worn out, or useless
old-fashioned, offensive an elderly person
informal, offensive an older person considered as one who may be disregarded as senile or unable to look after his or her own best interests
Origin of geriatric
1- See also psychogeriatric
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