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UK
/dʒˌɛɹəntˈɒlədʒi/
]
[ US /ˌdʒɛɹənˈtɑɫədʒi/ ]
[ US /ˌdʒɛɹənˈtɑɫədʒi/ ]
NOUN
- the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people
How To Use gerontology In A Sentence
- Thane's treatment of twentieth-century aging reaches beyond historical studies to social gerontology.
- Many colleges and universities do not require or encourage course work in gerontology.
- Five journals - three in social gerontology, one in rural sociology, and one in regional science - account for 40 percent of the articles recently published in this area.
- She is assistant director of academic programs for the UCLA multicampus program in geriatric medicine and gerontology.
- The training grounds in medical schools focus very little on geriatrics and gerontology, and newly graduating doctors come out with what some researchers call ‘healthism’.
- In the language of gerontology, there are no good biomarkers for aging.
- Recommendations for practice include providing exposure of nursing students to rural communities and including gerontology in the nursing curriculum.
- This publication will certainly serve as a reference manual for all those involved in nutrition, gerontology and geriatrics.
- Yet only a minority of older people with these impairments use hearing aids, said Dr. Frank R. Lin, an assistant professor of otology at the paper, published Monday in The Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences . NYT > Home Page
- I think the research going on in gerontology is going to be a great stimulus to the development of geriatric medicine.