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  geriatrician Géricault, (Jean Louis André) Théodore  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
geriatrics
 
SYLLABICATION:ger·i·at·rics
PRONUNCIATION:  jr-trks
NOUN:(used with a sing. verb) The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and problems specific to the aged.
ETYMOLOGY:Greek gras, old age; see ger-1 in Appendix I + –iatrics.
 
 
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  geriatrician Géricault, (Jean Louis André) Théodore  
 
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