Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Medical discussion of the proper regimen for old people.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That part of medicine which treats of regimen for old people.
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- noun rare Medical treatment of the
elderly .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek γηροκομία, from γῆρας ("old age") + -κομία ("looking after").
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