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Definition of geriatric in English: geriatricadjective ˌdʒɛrɪˈatrɪkˌdʒɛriˈætrɪk 1Relating to old people, especially with regard to their health care. （与）老年保健（有关）的；老年人的 老年医院。 Example sentencesExamples - She completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in geriatric medicine at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
- Several factors, such as the input of geriatricians and good communication between members of the multidisciplinary geriatric team, led to better use of medicines.
- Governments cannot pay for all feasible geriatric health care.
- Some were community dwelling ambulatory patients attending a health clinic and others were inpatients on a geriatric ward.
- Compared with these school environments, the indoor climates at our geriatric hospitals were characterized by higher room temperatures and lower relative humidity.
- How can standards in geriatric health care be raised?
- The rapidly expanding group of older nephrology patients is a positive reflection of recent developments in medical care and offers an opportunity to establish links between nephrology and geriatric medicine.
- Indeed, many aspects of preventing and managing infection in nursing homes embrace good geriatric medicine.
- An ongoing evaluation of effectiveness requires reassessment at regular intervals to rethink medication regimens in light of changes in the health status of geriatric patients.
- We compared the quality of the current rehabilitation scheme in local hospitals with intensive rehabilitation in a geriatric hospital ward.
- The nurses at the geriatric hospital kindly shared his care with the family.
- Before this he had started as a clinical assistant in the geriatric department at Paignton Hospital.
- The 14 geriatric hospitals included 18 buildings that housed 36 nursing departments.
- Potential members of the study were identified at 22 community-based health care centers with geriatric long-stay facilities.
- He is attending physician in internal medicine and geriatric medicine at St. Luke's Hospital.
- Annual in-home geriatric assessment with quarterly visits by geriatric nurses also delays disability in persons without impairment.
- Health maintenance of geriatric patients is an integral part of daily medical practice for most family physicians.
- Max's main studies related to the organisation of primary health services and geriatric healthcare delivery in Israel and he was committed to medical education.
- Using an organized approach to the varied aspects of geriatric health, primary care physicians can improve the care that they provide for their older patients.
- Primary care physicians must be diligent in assessing the immunization status of geriatric patients and providing the recommended vaccines.
- 1.1informal Decrepit; very old or outdated.
〈非正式〉衰老的；过时的 replacements for a geriatric locomotive fleet 破旧机车队的更新。 Example sentencesExamples - Like the Sea Kings, the Sikorsky Cyclones chosen on July 23 to replace Canada's geriatric fleet of Sea Kings rely on two engines.
Synonyms tumbledown, dilapidated, derelict, ruinous, falling to pieces, decrepit, neglected, gone to rack and ruin, run down, crumbling, decaying, disintegrating, rickety, shaky, unsteady, broken down, unsound, unsafe
noun ˌdʒɛrɪˈatrɪkˌdʒɛriˈætrɪk An old person, especially one receiving special care. （尤指接受特别护理的）老年人 a rest home for geriatrics 养老院。 Example sentencesExamples - I've still got a long time left in me and I can play until I'm a geriatric.
- By the standards of both Cook's crew and our modern-day colleagues, we were geriatrics.
- If it were an episode of the TV show, we would be calling him ‘Monty Burns’, the wealthy geriatric who runs a nuclear power plant.
- But maybe the incessant weeping is legitimate; the way these whippersnappers treat their elders these days would bring any geriatric to tears.
- Stuffing myself with food and wine, I wondered how long I would last in this room full of geriatrics before I got bored and excused myself.
- The fuzz gun rattled in the absent grasp of his failing fingers like a collecting tin in the hands of an arthritic geriatric.
- He joined the faculty as a young geriatric, his first position being upright.
- Quinn rode his first winner in 1981 and at 42 - hardly a geriatric in the flat racing game - he retains a hunger for winners that would shame a man half his age.
- They have the opportunity to work with multiple age groups from neonates to geriatrics.
- Even the geriatrics played well for the day getting 30 or more points.
- The crowd was the usual mix of beautiful people in the corporate boxes and geriatrics and children in the cheap seats.
- At 29, he isn't exactly young by modern standards of professional sport; on the other hand golf is not regarded as a sport for sprightly geriatrics for nothing.
- Her lustre is all the greater because, at 34, she counts almost as a geriatric and carries enough injuries to condemn a horse to the knacker's yard.
- In fact, the brand of baseball produced by the pair of pre-season leagues is so dull that it impresses only the geriatrics in the stands.
- The rangers need not fear that they are signing a vulnerable geriatric.
- Let the people vote in who they want to even if he is a senile geriatric with one foot already in the grave.
- In both hospitals, the next most often targeted patient types were geriatrics, oncology, and renal patients.
- Though I am no geriatric yet, I can confidently croon the song, ‘Those were the best days of my life!’
- Most of the residents here are geriatrics with senile dementia.
- I am rapidly turning into an TV-loving geriatric.
Synonyms retired person, pensioner, old-age pensioner, oap
UsageGeriatric is the normal, semi-official term used in Britain and the US when referring to the health care of old people (a geriatric ward; geriatric patients). When used outside such contexts, it typically carries overtones of being worn out and decrepit and can therefore be offensive if used with reference to people Origin1920s: from Greek gēras 'old age' + iatros 'doctor', on the pattern of paediatric. Rhymespaediatric (US pediatric), Patrick, psychiatric, theatric Definition of geriatric in US English: geriatricadjectiveˌjerēˈatrikˌdʒɛriˈætrɪk attributive Relating to old people, especially with regard to their healthcare. （与）老年保健（有关）的；老年人的 老年医院。 Example sentencesExamples - He is attending physician in internal medicine and geriatric medicine at St. Luke's Hospital.
- Indeed, many aspects of preventing and managing infection in nursing homes embrace good geriatric medicine.
- Before this he had started as a clinical assistant in the geriatric department at Paignton Hospital.
- The 14 geriatric hospitals included 18 buildings that housed 36 nursing departments.
- She completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in geriatric medicine at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
- Health maintenance of geriatric patients is an integral part of daily medical practice for most family physicians.
- Potential members of the study were identified at 22 community-based health care centers with geriatric long-stay facilities.
- The rapidly expanding group of older nephrology patients is a positive reflection of recent developments in medical care and offers an opportunity to establish links between nephrology and geriatric medicine.
- Primary care physicians must be diligent in assessing the immunization status of geriatric patients and providing the recommended vaccines.
- Governments cannot pay for all feasible geriatric health care.
- We compared the quality of the current rehabilitation scheme in local hospitals with intensive rehabilitation in a geriatric hospital ward.
- Several factors, such as the input of geriatricians and good communication between members of the multidisciplinary geriatric team, led to better use of medicines.
- An ongoing evaluation of effectiveness requires reassessment at regular intervals to rethink medication regimens in light of changes in the health status of geriatric patients.
- The nurses at the geriatric hospital kindly shared his care with the family.
- Annual in-home geriatric assessment with quarterly visits by geriatric nurses also delays disability in persons without impairment.
- Using an organized approach to the varied aspects of geriatric health, primary care physicians can improve the care that they provide for their older patients.
- Some were community dwelling ambulatory patients attending a health clinic and others were inpatients on a geriatric ward.
- Max's main studies related to the organisation of primary health services and geriatric healthcare delivery in Israel and he was committed to medical education.
- How can standards in geriatric health care be raised?
- Compared with these school environments, the indoor climates at our geriatric hospitals were characterized by higher room temperatures and lower relative humidity.
nounˌjerēˈatrikˌdʒɛriˈætrɪk An old person, especially one receiving special care. （尤指接受特别护理的）老年人 a rest home for geriatrics 养老院。 Example sentencesExamples - If it were an episode of the TV show, we would be calling him ‘Monty Burns’, the wealthy geriatric who runs a nuclear power plant.
- At 29, he isn't exactly young by modern standards of professional sport; on the other hand golf is not regarded as a sport for sprightly geriatrics for nothing.
- Even the geriatrics played well for the day getting 30 or more points.
- Quinn rode his first winner in 1981 and at 42 - hardly a geriatric in the flat racing game - he retains a hunger for winners that would shame a man half his age.
- By the standards of both Cook's crew and our modern-day colleagues, we were geriatrics.
- The crowd was the usual mix of beautiful people in the corporate boxes and geriatrics and children in the cheap seats.
- Let the people vote in who they want to even if he is a senile geriatric with one foot already in the grave.
- In fact, the brand of baseball produced by the pair of pre-season leagues is so dull that it impresses only the geriatrics in the stands.
- The fuzz gun rattled in the absent grasp of his failing fingers like a collecting tin in the hands of an arthritic geriatric.
- Most of the residents here are geriatrics with senile dementia.
- Stuffing myself with food and wine, I wondered how long I would last in this room full of geriatrics before I got bored and excused myself.
- The rangers need not fear that they are signing a vulnerable geriatric.
- They have the opportunity to work with multiple age groups from neonates to geriatrics.
- He joined the faculty as a young geriatric, his first position being upright.
- I've still got a long time left in me and I can play until I'm a geriatric.
- But maybe the incessant weeping is legitimate; the way these whippersnappers treat their elders these days would bring any geriatric to tears.
- Her lustre is all the greater because, at 34, she counts almost as a geriatric and carries enough injuries to condemn a horse to the knacker's yard.
- I am rapidly turning into an TV-loving geriatric.
- Though I am no geriatric yet, I can confidently croon the song, ‘Those were the best days of my life!’
- In both hospitals, the next most often targeted patient types were geriatrics, oncology, and renal patients.
Synonyms retired person, pensioner, old-age pensioner, oap
UsageGeriatric is the normal, semiofficial term used in the US and Britain when referring to the health care of old people (a geriatric ward; geriatric patients). When used outside such contexts, however, it typically carries overtones of being worn out and decrepit and can therefore be offensive Origin1920s: from Greek gēras ‘old age’ + iatros ‘doctor’, on the pattern of paediatric. |