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geriatricide

geriatricide noun: the killing of elderly people.

Noun

geriatricide (uncountable)

  1. The killing of elderly people.

Origin of geriatricide

From, or equivalent to geriatric + -cide.

Questions about geriatricide

What does geriatricide mean?
Geriatricide means the killing of elderly people.
What part of speech is geriatricide?
Geriatricide is a noun.

Words near geriatricide in the dictionary

  1. geriatric chairs
  2. geriatric millennial
  3. geriatric millennials
  4. geriatrician
  5. geriatricians
  6. geriatricide
  7. geriatrics
  8. geriatrist
  9. geriatrists
  10. geriatrophile
  11. geriatrophiles

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