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    [Noun]  | "ge*ri*at*ric" | \ ˌjer-ē-ˈa-trik \


    1: a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people

    2: an aged person

    Origin: 1909 ;

     Geriatrics from Greek gḗras "old age" + {see: |-iatrics|-iatrics}; gḗras going back to a lengthened grade ablaut derivative of an Indo-European verbal base *ǵerh2- "become old, ripen," whence also, with varying ablaut and suffixation, Greek géras "gift of honor," geraiós "old," Old Church Slavic sŭzĭrějǫ, sŭzĭrěti "to ripen, mature," Armenian cer "old man, old," Sanskrit járati "(s/he) makes old, ages, decays," jaraṇáḥ "old, decayed," jarā́ "old age," Avestan zarəta- "old," azarəšant- "unaging," Persian zar "old man," zāl "(of persons) old";

      * Note : The word geriatrics was introduced by the Austrian-born U.S. physician Ignatz Leo Nascher (1863-1944) in the article "Geriatrics," New York Journal of Medicine, vol. 90, no. 8 (August 21, 1909), p. 358: "Geriatrics, from geras, old age, and iatrikos, relating to the physician, is a term I would suggest as an addition to our vocabulary, to cover the same field in old age that is covered by the term pædiatrics in childhood." — The peculiar lengthened grade in Greek gḗras has been explained as deriving from the aorist egḗrā "(s/he) became old." The diverse forms and meanings in Indo-Iranian perhaps reflect a merger of two roots, *ǵerh2- "become old" and *ǵerH- "wear down, grind." See also {geronto-|geronto-}, {churl|churl}, {corn:1|corn:1}.;

    [Noun]  | "geriatrics" 


    1: a person of advanced years;


      * e.g., " ... most of the clinic's outpatients are geriatrics living on fixed incomes "




    [Noun]  | "geriatric" 


    1: a person of advanced years;


      * e.g., " ... most of the clinic's outpatients are geriatrics living on fixed incomes "




     [ "Geriatric" ]

    1: One who wears their pants up to their armpits and thoroughly enjoys chasing youngsters off the lawn.

      * e.g.,  ... What is this geriatric talking about, and why is he trying to feed me hard candy? 

     [ "geriatric" ]

    1: n. A general term for an elderly person or senior citizen. Derived from the word "Geriatrics" (A type of medicine prescribed to the elderly)

      * e.g.,  ... Man... for a geriatric... Brett Farve sure can throw that pigskin. 

     [ "geriatrism" ]

    1: When old people use words that aren't real words, but they're too old to remember or care that they're not real words.

      * e.g.,  ... Using "d'ruther" in place of "would rather" is a geriatrism. 

     [ "The Geriatric" ]

    1: A sexual act; preferably with an aging recipient. When a man is receiving oral sex from a woman/man, he pulls his penis out of her/his mouth at climax, and at the same time the recipient removes her/his dentures. The man ejaculates onto the dentures and proceeds to place them back into his partner's mouth.

      * e.g.,  ... "Sweetie, we ran out of Poligrip. Will you run to the store and pick some up for me?" 

     [ "geriatric" ]

    1: To be insane, stumble, stare at young womens breasts, dribble, incontent, smell of piss.

      * e.g.,  ... Oh my god, why do all the geriatric's have to come to the post office at lunch time instead of the other 7 hours in the day when I'm at work and they're doing nothing? 

     [ "geriatric" ]

    1: One who tucks his button down shirt under his underwear and goes to physical therapy session asking for the most attractive physio therapists around then will ask her out for coffee.

      * e.g.,  ... A geriatric patient did a double leg take down then transitioned to a rear nake guillotine choke to the front desk people upon learning the cutest physio therapist isnt available. 

     [ "Geriatric" ]

    1: One who wears their pants up to their armpits and thoroughly enjoys chasing youngsters off the lawn. They also go to sleep way to early from the lack of arch support.

      * e.g.,  ... Oh thats just Randall... he's geriatric, and needs his sleep from feeding people hard candies. 

     [ "geriatric-mandering" ]

    1: The act of sending your conservative parents to a retirement home in republican stronghold states to reduce the impact of their vote.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: I’m sending my racist mom to a retirement home in Alabama. Person 2: Geriatric-mandering, huh? 

     [ "geriatric X" ]

    1: A person that was born in the early part of the generation X generation (1965-1981).

      * e.g.,  ... My brother is so geriatric X, he does not know anything about Facebook and still spends his time on MySpace. 

     [ "geriatric fuck" ]

    1: A memorable quote said by Will Ferrell in the popular 2008 comedy film "Step Brothers".

      * e.g.,  ... From the film, Dr. Robert Doback (Father): "You jagaloons! You're failures! FAILURES!" 

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