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geriatric noun
/ˌdʒer.iˈæt.rɪk/ n [C]
Definition
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an old person who needs medical carea clinic for the care of geriatrics
•
informal disapproving someone who is old and weakThey were a bunch of hopeless geriatrics.
(Definition of geriatric noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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