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gerontic

UK/dʒɛˈɹɒnt.ɪk//d͡ʒɛˈɹɑːnt.ɪk/

gerontic adjective: of or pertaining to old age or the elderly.

Adjective

gerontic (comparative more gerontic, superlative most gerontic)

  1. Of or pertaining to old age or the elderly.
    • The gerontic population of the U.S., those of 65 and over, numbered 3.1 million in 1900.1982, Prisca von Dorotka Bagnell, Gerontology and Geriatrics Collections, Haworth Press, →ISBN, page 5
    • Academic staff from schools of nursing across Australia were asked to contribute information about their current funded research in gerontic nursing, and also to provide their thoughts on what issues future research projects within gerontic nursing should address.2004, Rhonda Nay, Sally Garratt, Nursing Older People: Issues and Innovations, Elsevier Australia, →ISBN, page 340
  2. Of or pertaining to senescent animals or plants.
    • Then the gerontic or senescent portion is seen, recognizable by an increasing simplicity, comparable to that of the neanic shell but retrogressive rather than progressive in the assumption of characters.2004, Richa Arora, Encyclopaedia of Evolutionary Biology, Anmol Publications PVT, →ISBN, page 139

gerontic meaning in Tamil

gerontic in Tamil

மூப்புக்குரிய

Forms of gerontic

comparativemore gerontic
superlativemost gerontic

Origin of gerontic

First attested in the late 19th century. From Ancient Greek γέρων (gérōn, “old man”).

Questions about gerontic

What does gerontic mean?
Gerontic means of or pertaining to old age or the elderly.
What is gerontic in Tamil?
Gerontic in Tamil is மூப்புக்குரிய. See Gerontic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gerontic?
Gerontic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce gerontic?
Gerontic is pronounced /dʒɛˈɹɒnt.ɪk/ (UK).

Words near gerontic in the dictionary

  1. gerontal
  2. gerontechnological
  3. gerontechnologies
  4. gerontechnology
  5. gerontes
  6. gerontic
  7. geronticide
  8. geronticides
  9. gerontine
  10. gerontism
  11. geronto-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gerontic (page history and authors); gerontic (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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