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(medicine) 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..
Use geriatrics when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Geriatrics means (medicine) 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..
Common synonyms include gerontology.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use geriatrics where its definition matches the intended context.
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