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gerocomy

UK/dʒ(ɪ)əˈɹɒkəmi/

gerocomy noun: medical treatment of the elderly.

Noun

gerocomy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Medical treatment of the elderly.
    • Among the aristocracy of eighteenth-century Europe, recourse to what is now called gerocomy was in vogue, both in Paris and London, for the rehabilitation of the victims of old age.1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge, page 261

gerocomy meaning in Tamil

gerocomy in Tamil

முதியோர் மருத்துவக் கவனிப்பு

Origin of gerocomy

From Ancient Greek γηροκομία (gērokomía), from γῆρας (gêras, “old age”) + -κομία (-komía, “looking after”).

Questions about gerocomy

What does gerocomy mean?
Gerocomy means medical treatment of the elderly.
What is gerocomy in Tamil?
Gerocomy in Tamil is முதியோர் மருத்துவக் கவனிப்பு. See Gerocomy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gerocomy?
Gerocomy is a noun.
How do you pronounce gerocomy?
Gerocomy is pronounced /dʒ(ɪ)əˈɹɒkəmi/ (UK).

Words near gerocomy in the dictionary

  1. Gernsbackian
  2. Gernsheim
  3. Gero
  4. gero-
  5. gerocomia
  6. gerocomy
  7. geroconversion
  8. gerodontics
  9. gerodontology
  10. geroff
  11. gerogenic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gerocomy (page history and authors); gerocomy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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