as in elderly
being of advanced years and especially past middle age
went into nursing to work with geriatric patients
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as in elder
a person of advanced years
most of the clinic's outpatients are geriatrics living on fixed incomes
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Recent Examples of geriatric
Natasha Dartigue, Baltimore Sun, 18 May 2025
Looking at the macro forces, aging population and chronic diseases significantly increase demand for geriatric specialists, home healthcare workers and chronic disease management professionals.
—Kunal Khashu, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2025
For most people who want to build muscle, consuming around 1.5 to two times the federal recommendation is plenty, said David Church, an assistant professor of geriatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
—Alice Callahan, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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The reforms to medical and geriatric parole, which will go into effect on Oct. 1, are essential and shamefully overdue.
—Natasha Dartigue, Baltimore Sun, 18 May 2025
Looking at the macro forces, aging population and chronic diseases significantly increase demand for geriatric specialists, home healthcare workers and chronic disease management professionals.
—Kunal Khashu, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Related Articles From 1980 to 1999, Dr. Taler led the geriatrics care and house call medicine team at the University of Maryland Medical Center and served on the Maryland Medical School faculty.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2025
For most people who want to build muscle, consuming around 1.5 to two times the federal recommendation is plenty, said David Church, an assistant professor of geriatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
—Alice Callahan, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for geriatric
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For instance, if a drug is only available as a pill but an elderly patient can't swallow one, a doctor could write a prescription so that a compounding pharmacist could prepare it in liquid form.—
Sydney Lupkin,
NPR,
29 July 2025
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An elderly woman was in the back seat of the car in front of me.—
Ariel Saramandi,
The Dial,
29 July 2025
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Two milestones revealed this week illustrate the diminishing power of broadcast television in the media world — one fueled by the habits of young people and the other by their elders.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
16 July 2025
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In Liberia, as well as among members of the Yoruba people in Nigeria, young people bend their knees slightly or—if the older person is seated—drop to one or both knees to honor their elders.—
Chris Ciolli,
AFAR Media,
15 July 2025
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Bags are $23, and each person (children and adults) must purchase a bag to enter the orchard.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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The survey also showed that 55 percent of U.S. adults believed the president had gone too far in deporting immigrants living in the country illegally.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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Who among us oldsters doesn’t enjoy a good VFX-costume parlay?—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
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Folks back in the day had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz. 36.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
24 May 2023
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Finally, came from an unexpected source: the tiny, stone Presbyterian church that is one of the few surviving structures of the old Fort McDowell.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
24 July 2025
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The committee is seeking old photographs and historical information about Pea Ridge and the years before there was a newspaper.—
Annette Beard,
Arkansas Online,
24 July 2025
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“Geriatric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geriatric. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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