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geriatrician
ger·i·a·tri·cian
Definitions related to geriatricians:
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A physician who specializes in the care of older patients.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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Physicians specializing in physiological and pathological aspects of aging and the aged, including the clinical problems of senescence and senility.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(geriatric physician) A medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease and disability in older adults.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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