gero-, geri-, ger-, geronto-, geront- +
(Greek: old age, old man, old people; elder, elderly; senior citizen)
Don't confuse this gero-, ger- with another Latin ger- which means "to carry, to produce; to bear".
Man is an illogical creature who wants a long life but never to be old.
gerontotherapeutics
1. The science concerned with treatment of the aged.
2. Therapeutic management of aging persons designed to retard and prevent the development of many of the aspects of senescence [the process or condition of growing old, especially the condition resulting from the transitions and accumulations of the deleterious aging processes].
2. Therapeutic management of aging persons designed to retard and prevent the development of many of the aspects of senescence [the process or condition of growing old, especially the condition resulting from the transitions and accumulations of the deleterious aging processes].
gerontotherapy
The treatment of disease in the aged; also, geriartric therapy.
gerontu (singular); geronti (plural)
An elderly male; elderly men.
geroprophylaxis
An attempt to prevent the effects of biological aging.
geropsychiatry (s) (noun)
A subspecialty of psychiatry dealing with mental illness in the elderly.
phylogerontic, phylogerontism
Pertaining to the old age or stage of decay of a race or type of organism.
progeria, progerian, progeric
1. Premature appearance of old age.
2. A fatal disease of children characterized by symptoms usually associated with senility.
3. A rare abnormality marked by premature aging (gray hair, wrinkled skin, and stooped posture) in a child.
4. Accelerated aging syndrome in which most of the characteristic stages of human senescence are compressed into less than a decade.
5. Etymology: derived from pro-, "before" plus the Greek word for "old age", geras; literally, "aged forward".
2. A fatal disease of children characterized by symptoms usually associated with senility.
3. A rare abnormality marked by premature aging (gray hair, wrinkled skin, and stooped posture) in a child.
4. Accelerated aging syndrome in which most of the characteristic stages of human senescence are compressed into less than a decade.
5. Etymology: derived from pro-, "before" plus the Greek word for "old age", geras; literally, "aged forward".
psychogeriatrics, psychogeriatric, geropsychiatry, geriatric psychiatry
1. Pertaining to mental illness or disturbance in old people.
2. The branch of medicine concerned with the psychology and psychiatric disorders experienced by senior citizens.
3. Concerning elderly patients who have a psychiatric disorder.
4. A reference to mental illness in old age, commonly denoting a patient or a hospital.
5. The branch of psychiatry concerned with changes in mental functioning associated with old age; and with mental disorders occurring in people over the age of sixty-five.
2. The branch of medicine concerned with the psychology and psychiatric disorders experienced by senior citizens.
3. Concerning elderly patients who have a psychiatric disorder.
4. A reference to mental illness in old age, commonly denoting a patient or a hospital.
5. The branch of psychiatry concerned with changes in mental functioning associated with old age; and with mental disorders occurring in people over the age of sixty-five.
