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geronticides

geronticides is the plural of geronticide.

Meaning of geronticide

Noun

geronticide (plural geronticides)

  1. The killing or euthanasia of the elderly
    • Maxwell et al. (1982) studied geronticide practices in some ninety-five different societies.2000, Michael Brogden, Preeti Nijhar, Crime, Abuse and the Elderly, page 33

Questions about geronticides

What is geronticides the plural of?
Geronticides is the plural of geronticide.

Words near geronticides in the dictionary

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

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