gerontology
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- noun
- /ˌdʒɛrənˈtɑlədʒi/
- Specialized
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gerontología
- Researchers in gerontology are finding ways to improve the quality of life for seniors.
- field of gerontology
- gerontology program
- gerontology issues
Examples
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Pillemer also stresses that, from its very beginnings, gerontology has been both a scientific field of study and a field of practice.
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The second part of the survey measured changes in the students' attitudes about a career in gerontology.
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The director of an important gerontology foundation.
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So that leaves us with the gerontology approach.
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The fourth and final part of the survey tested students' retention of the information presented in the gerontology unit.
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To date, the African American Gerontology Network has achieved four major accomplishments.
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Special topics include medical ethics, cultural sensitivity, gender issues, and gerontology.
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Second, we are evaluating the project as a model of gerontology infusion.
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The African American Gerontology Network (AAGN) was formed to address these feelings of isolation.
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AAGN was established to unite and empower African Americans in the area of gerontology.
Academic text (2000)
Surface Forms
Morphology
gerontology = geront + ology
The meaning is directly compositional from the classical root 'geront' referring to old age or old people and the suffix '-ology' meaning 'study of', but the base is not a common standalone English word.
Etymology
The word gerontology comes from the Greek root geron meaning 'old man' and the suffix -ology meaning 'study', like in biology or psychology. So gerontology is the study of aging and the health and other problems that affect older people.