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Geriatrics vs Geratology - What's the difference?

geriatrics | geratology |

As nouns the difference between geriatrics and geratology

is that geriatrics 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 while geratology is the study of the elderly and diseases and other matters associated with senility; gerontology and geriatrics.

geriatrics

English

Noun

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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.
  • English plurals; old people.

    • geratology

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The study of the elderly and diseases and other matters associated with senility; gerontology and geriatrics

    • Related terms

    * geratological * geratologist