geriatrician
noun
ger·i·a·tri·cian
| \ ˌjer-ē-ə-ˈtri-shən
, ËŒjir-\
, ËŒjir-\
Definition of geriatrician
: a specialist in geriatrics
Examples of geriatrician in a Sentence
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Patients at the Villa are cared for by nurses and nursing assistants, and evaluated weekly by family doctors or geriatricians. — Los Angeles Times, "For months, he lingered in a purgatory between wakefulness and nothingness," 22 Aug. 2019 Much of their care is being outsourced to geriatricians. — STAT, "We were inspired to become primary care physicians. Now we’re reconsidering a field in crisis," 20 June 2019 Louise Aronson is a geriatrician and professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. — Louise Aronson, Twin Cities, "Louise Aronson: I’m a geriatrician, and I’m fine with an 80-year-old running for president," 14 June 2019 Last year, there were just 7,279 certified geriatricians in the United States, only about half practicing full time. — Paula Span, The Seattle Times, "Older patients have stories: Students, listen up," 26 Oct. 2018 At least 20 medical schools in the United States have undertaken similar efforts to introduce students to healthy, active elders, said Dr. Amit Shah, a geriatrician who helps direct the Senior Sages program at the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. — Paula Span, The Seattle Times, "Older patients have stories: Students, listen up," 26 Oct. 2018 The University of Southern California veered sharply and deliberately from tradition in naming the first woman — and the first geriatrician — to lead its 133-year-old medical school. — Susan Abram, Washington Post, "First Female Dean ‘A Sea Of Change’ At USC’s Scandal-Plagued Medical School," 20 June 2018 For James Kirkland, a geriatrician at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, the strong evidence for a mortality plateau points to the possibility of forestalling death at any age. — Elie Dolgin, Scientific American, "There's No Limit to Longevity, Says Study Reviving Human Life Span Debate," 1 July 2018 Loss of muscle power begins within a day or two of becoming bedridden, explains Amit Arora, a geriatrician. — The Economist, "Why Britain’s hospitals are waging a war on pyjamas," 14 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'geriatrician.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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geriatrician
noun
ger·i·a·tri·cian
| \ ˌjer-ē-ə-ˈtrish-ən
, ËŒjir-
\
, ËŒjir-
\
Medical Definition of geriatrician
: a specialist in geriatrics