- 1geriatrics [uncountable] the branch of medicine concerned with the diseases and care of old people
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- 2[countable] (informal) (offensive) an old person, especially one with poor physical or mental health I'm not a geriatric yet, you know!
geriatric patients a geriatric vehicle (= old and in bad condition)See geriatric in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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