geriatrics

Etymology 1
From (see ) + ; coined in English in 1909 by Ignatz L. Nascher in the New York Medical Journal on the model of pediatrics; correct formation would be gerontiatrics.

Noun

 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Catalan: geriatria
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 老年病學, 老年醫學
 * Esperanto: geriatrio,maljunulmedicino
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 * Indonesian: geriatri
 * Irish: geiriaitric
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 老人医学
 * Korean: 노인병학, 노인의학
 * Malay: geriatrik
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 * Serbo-Croatian:, геријатрија
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 * Ukrainian: геріатрі́я