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gerontology

[ UK /d‍ʒˌɛɹəntˈɒləd‍ʒi/ ]
[ US /ˌdʒɛɹənˈtɑɫədʒi/ ]
NOUN
  1. 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.
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