Ok I had to look up geriatrics
[TABLE cellSpacing=5] [TBODY] [TR] [TD][SPAN class=hw]ger·i·at·rics[/SPAN] [A onmouseover="return m_over('Click to hear pronunciation')" onmouseout=m_out() href="jvascript:play('G0101200')"][img height=21 alt=Pronunciation src="vny!://img.tfd.com/hm/pron.gif" width=13 border=0][/A] [SPAN class=pron onmouseover="return m_over('Click for pronunciation key')" onclick=pron_key() onmouseout=m_out()](j[img]vny!://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/ebreve.gif" align=absBottom]r[img]vny!://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/lprime.gif" align=absBottom][img]vny!://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/emacr.gif" align=absBottom]-[img]vny!://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/abreve.gif" align=absBottom]t[img]vny!://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/prime.gif" align=absBottom]r[img]vny!://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/ibreve.gif" align=absBottom]ks)[/SPAN] [DIV class=pseg]n. (used with a sing. verb) [DIV class=ds-single]The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and problems specific to the aged.[/DIV]
[HR class=hmshort align=left] [DIV class=etyseg][Greek g[img]vny!://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/emacr.gif" align=absBottom]ras, old age; see ger[img]vny!://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/schwa.gif" align=absBottom]-1 in Indo-European roots + -iatrics.][/DIV][/TD][/TR][/TBODY][/TABLE]
[A href="vny!://www.thefreedictionary.com/geriatrics"]vny!://www.thefreedictionary.com/geriatrics[/A]
Heres the definition for other fools like me that didnt know what it meant.