geriatric
- of or relating to geriatrics, old age, or aged persons.
- Slang. an old person.
Origin of geriatric
Related Words for geriatric
gray, ancient, tired, elderly, decrepit, venerable, mature, aged, senior, pensioner, retiree, veteran, fossil, versed, debilitated, exhausted, experienced, grizzled, hoary, impairedExamples from the Web for geriatric
Contemporary Examples of geriatric
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.
Right 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 TurnMarlow Stern
November 15, 2013
In spite of their image as bland, geriatric pols, the party elders gave the LDP a sense political heft.
Even now, some clinicians are unforgivably timid around the topic with their geriatric patients.
geriatric
- 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
Word Origin for geriatric
Word Origin and History for geriatric
1909, formed in English from Greek geras, geros "old age" (from PIE root *gere- "to grow old" (see gerontology) + iatrikos "of a physician," from iatros (see -iatric).
geriatric
(jĕr′ē-ăt′rĭk)- Of or relating to geriatrics.
- Of or relating to old age or to the aging process.
- An old person.