Gerontology Synonyms

jĕrən-tŏlə-jē
The scientific study of the process of aging and of the problems of aged people
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. geriatrics

Words Related to Gerontology

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. psychiatry
  2. gerontological
  3. neuropsychiatry

Gerontology Sentence Examples

  • However, gerontology researchers have begun to study the best practices that are in use by various centers.

  • She has been involved in teaching and research in social gerontology for over twenty years.

  • Stephen Jackson, professor of clinical gerontology at King's College, said age discrimination was already happening.

  • Doctors looking to specialize in gerontology go to Norway to study the seniors there and have found men in their 90s in better shape than some Western men in their 30s.

  • They may specialize in oncology, gerontology, psychiatric care, obstetrics or many of the other specialties of medicine.

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