geriatrics
English
noun
Definitions
- (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.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (grow old, mature, old, grown-up).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵerh₂-
Gloss
grow old, mature, old, grown-up
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
古, 老
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ethnogeriatrics English
- oncogeriatrics English
- orthogeriatrics English
- psychogeriatrics English
- granatum Latin
- granum Latin
- grānum Latin
- grānārium Latin
- pōmum Latin
- gros-grain French
- Γραικός Ancient Greek
- Γραῖα Ancient Greek
- γέρας Ancient Greek
- γέρων Ancient Greek
- *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵerh₂-n-on- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵerh₂-yó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵr̥h₂-nó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵr̥h₂-yéw-s Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵr̥h₂nóm Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵérh₂onts Proto-Indo-European
- *karilaz Proto-Germanic
- *kurnilaz Proto-Germanic
- corn Old English
- *zьrělъ Proto-Slavic
- *zьrěti Proto-Slavic
- grenate Old French
- زال Persian
- زرمان Persian
- *ȷ́arH- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ȷ́ŕ̥Hyati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *grāwā Proto-Albanian
- *źírˀna Proto-Balto-Slavic