geratology

[ jer-uh-tol-uh-jee ]

/ ˌdʒɛr əˈtɒl ə dʒi /

the study of the diminution or decline of life, as in an individual animal or a species approaching extinction.

Origin of geratology

1880–85; gerat- (erroneously taken as the stem of Greek gêras old age) + -o- + -logy

ger·a·to·log·ic

[jer-uh-tl-oj-ik] /ˌdʒɛr ə tlˈɒdʒ ɪk/, ger·a·tol·o·gous

[jer-uh-tol-uh-guh s] /ˌdʒɛr əˈtɒl ə gəs/, adjective

geraniol, geranium, geranium family, gerar, gerard, geratology, gerbera, gerbil, gerd, gerent, gerenuk

Geratology, jer-at-ol′o-ji, n. the science of the phenomena of decadence.

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geratology

/ (ˌdʒɛrəˈtɒlədʒɪ) /

the branch of medicine concerned with the elderly and the phenomena associated with ageing; geriatrics and gerontology

geratological (ˌdʒɛrətəˈlɒdʒɪkəl), adjective geratologist, noun

C19: from gerato-, from Greek gēras old age + -logy