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GERONTOLOGIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gerontologist mean? 

GERONTOLOGIST (noun)
  The noun GERONTOLOGIST has 1 sense:

1. a specialist in gerontologyplay

  Familiarity information: GERONTOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GERONTOLOGIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A specialist in gerontology

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

geriatrician; gerontologist

Hypernyms ("gerontologist" is a kind of...):

medical specialist; specialist (practices one branch of medicine)

Derivation:

gerontology (the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people)


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