gerontic
gerontic — adjective
- geronticpositive
- more geronticcomparative
- most geronticsuperlative
1. connected with the stage of human life when someone has reached old age
connected with the stage of human life when someone has reached old age
Takeshi's research focuses on gerontic care in rural communities.
collocation: gerontic care
The new gerontic ward at St Mary's Hospital was designed with input from elderly patients.
passive: was designed with input from
After years in general medicine, Nora moved into gerontic nursing.
Dr. Tamar's gerontic research changed how the clinic treats patients over eighty.
Marco's mother began gerontic physiotherapy after breaking her hip at ninety-two.
- juvenile
relating to young people; the opposite end of the human lifespan
文法句型
gerontic + noun
用法筆記
Limited to formal, technical, or academic contexts such as medicine, social work, and biology. Rarely appears in everyday conversation.
常見錯誤
2. describing a plant or animal that has grown old and is close to the end of its l
describing a plant or animal that has grown old and is close to the end of its lifespan
The gerontic leaves on Sari's tomato plants turned brown and curled at the edges.
collocation: gerontic leaves
Henry photographed the gerontic elephant in its final weeks at the sanctuary.
Lucía's class examined gerontic cells to understand how organisms break down over time.
The gerontic oak in Kabir's village no longer grew new branches each spring.
Omar recorded changes in the gerontic tissue of fruit flies for his dissertation.
- juvenile
in biology, describing an organism in its young or early developmental stage
文法句型
gerontic + noun
用法筆記
Found almost exclusively in biology and botany texts. Distinguish from sense 1 (OF THE ELDERLY): this sense describes non-human organisms, not people.