Explore Geriatrics through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like gerontology or medicine. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Geriatrics meaning
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.
Synonyms of Geriatrics
Using Geriatrics
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: gerontology, medicine, medical specialty.
- In the example corpus, geriatrics often appears in combinations such as: geriatrics society, american geriatrics, in geriatrics.
Context around Geriatrics
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Geriatrics
- In this selection, "geriatrics" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, american, field, british, society, researcher and expert stand out and add context to how "geriatrics" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include center for geriatrics and gerontology and field of geriatrics. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "geriatrics" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with geriatrics
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Tho too many senior/geriatrics have had to leave us. (10 words)
Has nobody told the geriatrics over at Microsoft what this means? (11 words)
Mobilise and get your representatives and stop bothering geriatrics like myself. (11 words)
The answer, according to Bradley Willcox, a geriatrics researcher at the University of Hawaii Mānoa, has less to do with “calendar age” than “biological age,” determined by how well the brain and body functions. (34 words)
Geriatrics expert Thomas Perls told AP that the numbers given by New York do not make sense: “Whatever the cause, there is no way New York could be truly at 20%,” Perls said. (33 words)
The ACE Unit focuses on maintaining patient function by utilizing an interdisciplinary care team trained in geriatrics to aggressively manage geriatric syndromes while a hospitalist physician manages each patient’s acute medical diagnosis. (33 words)
Has nobody told the geriatrics over at Microsoft what this means? (11 words)
Example sentences (14)
Just as pediatricians were beginning to challenge the wisdom of this term, the use of “failure to thrive” spread to a new field, geriatrics.
The answer, according to Bradley Willcox, a geriatrics researcher at the University of Hawaii Mānoa, has less to do with “calendar age” than “biological age,” determined by how well the brain and body functions.
But, he said that they should train in geriatrics so that they provide comprehensive health care to the elderly.
Geriatrics expert Thomas Perls told AP that the numbers given by New York do not make sense: “Whatever the cause, there is no way New York could be truly at 20%,” Perls said.
Professor Tahir Masud, President of the British Geriatrics Society, said the figures showed that the benefits of longer life were not being seen equally across the population.
This is especially true “when someone has three or more chronic conditions and is over 85,” said Nancy Lundebjerg, chief executive of the American Geriatrics Society.
Has nobody told the geriatrics over at Microsoft what this means?
Misra is a triple board-certified physician specializing in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Samples of 128 participants - of which half had dementia - were taken by the researchers at the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology in Japan.
The ACE Unit focuses on maintaining patient function by utilizing an interdisciplinary care team trained in geriatrics to aggressively manage geriatric syndromes while a hospitalist physician manages each patient’s acute medical diagnosis.
Tho too many senior/geriatrics have had to leave us.
Mobilise and get your representatives and stop bothering geriatrics like myself.
Washington: Consumption of more protein-based food could contribute to helping older people to delay disability, according to a study published in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society.
Odense in particular focuses on research within the field of geriatrics.
Common combinations with geriatrics
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- geriatrics society 6×
- american geriatrics 4×
- in geriatrics 2×