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GERIATRICIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does geriatrician mean?
• GERIATRICIAN (noun)
The noun GERIATRICIAN has 1 sense:
1. a specialist in gerontology
Familiarity information: GERIATRICIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A specialist in gerontology
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
geriatrician; gerontologist
Hypernyms ("geriatrician" is a kind of...):
medical specialist; specialist (practices one branch of medicine)
Derivation:
geriatrics (the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people)
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