psychogeriatrics

American

[sahy-koh-jeer-ee-a-triks] / ˌsaɪ koʊˌdʒɪər iˈæ trɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

the psychology of old age.

psychogeriatrics British

/ ˌsaɪkəʊdʒɛrɪˈætrɪks /

noun

(functioning as singular) med the branch of health care concerned with the study, diagnosis, and sometimes treatment of mentally disordered older people Compare geriatrics

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Other Word Forms

psychogeriatric adjective

Etymology

Origin of psychogeriatrics

First recorded in 1965–70; psycho- + geriatrics

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