GERIATRICIAN

gerontologist, geriatrician

(noun) a specialist in gerontology

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

geriatrician (plural geriatricians)

(medicine) A medical doctor specialising in the assessment and treatment of elderly people.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

18 January 2025

SHTIK

(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”


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