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Traditional English :: geriatric
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geritrics.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or relating to old people.
2 colloq. old, outdated. --n. 1 an old person, esp. one receiving special care.
2 colloq. a person or thing considered as relatively old or outdated. [Gk geras old age + iatros doctor] |
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Traditional English :: geriatrics
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geritrics.html - n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) a branch of medicine or social science dealing with the health and care of old people. |
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Traditional English :: Ger.
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geritrics.html - abbr.
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Traditional English :: geranium
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geritrics.html - n. 1 any herb or shrub of the genus Geranium bearing fruit shaped like the bill of a crane, e.g. cranesbill. 2 (in general use) a cultivated pelargonium. 3 the colour of the scarlet geranium. [L f. Gk geranion f. geranos crane] |
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Traditional English :: gerbera
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geritrics.html - n. any composite plant of the genus Gerbera of Africa or Asia, esp. the Transvaal daisy. [T. Gerber, Ger. naturalist d. 1743] |
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Traditional English :: gerbil
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geritrics.html - n. (also jerbil) a mouselike desert rodent of the subfamily Gerbillinae, with long hind legs. [F gerbille f. mod.L gerbillus dimin. of gerbo JERBOA] |
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