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Meaning of "gerontic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GERONTIC

gerontic  [dʒɛˈrɒntɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GERONTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gerontic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GERONTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of gerontic in the English dictionary

The definition of gerontic in the dictionary is of or relating to the senescence of an organism.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GERONTIC


Anacreontic
əˌnækrɪˈɒntɪk
archontic
ɑːˈkɒntɪk
deontic
diːˈɒntɪk
diplobiontic
ˌdɪpləʊbaɪˈɒntɪk
diplontic
dɪpˈlɒntɪk
endodontic
ˌɛndəʊˈdɒntɪk
halobiontic
ˌhæləʊbaɪˈɒntɪk
haplobiontic
ˌhæpləʊˌbaɪˈɒntɪk
haplontic
hæˈplɒntɪk
mastodontic
ˌmæstəˈdɒntɪk
odontic
ɒˈdɒntɪk
ontic
ˈɒntɪk
orthodontic
ˌɔːθəʊˈdɒntɪk
paedodontic
ˌpiːdəʊˈdɒntɪk
periodontic
ˌperɪəˈdɒntɪk
quantic
ˈkwɒntɪk
romantic
rəʊˈmæntɪk
scazontic
skəˈzɒntɪk
strontic
ˈstrɒntɪk
symbiontic
ˌsɪmbɪˈɒntɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GERONTIC

germy
gerne
Gernika
Gerona
Geronimo
gerontocracies
gerontocracy
gerontocrat
gerontocratic
gerontologic
gerontological
gerontologist
gerontology
gerontomorphic
gerontophil
gerontophile
gerontophilia
gerontophobe
gerontophobia
geropiga

WORDS THAT END LIKE GERONTIC

anthelmintic
antic
authentic
Battle of the Atlantic
frantic
gigantic
inauthentic
mantic
mid-Atlantic
necromantic
North Atlantic
pedantic
rhapontic
semantic
South Atlantic
sycophantic
the Atlantic
transatlantic
unromantic
West Atlantic

Synonyms and antonyms of gerontic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gerontic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GERONTIC

Find out the translation of gerontic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gerontic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gerontic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

gerontic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gerontic
570 millions of speakers

English

gerontic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gerontic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

gerontic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

старческой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gerontic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gerontic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gerontic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gerontik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gerontic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

gerontic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gerontic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gerontik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gerontic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூப்புக்குரிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शस्त्रक्रिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gerontic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gerontic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gerontic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

старечої
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gerontic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gerontic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gerontic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gerontic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gerontic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gerontic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GERONTIC»

The term «gerontic» is used very little and occupies the 176.559 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GERONTIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gerontic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gerontic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gerontic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GERONTIC»

Discover the use of gerontic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gerontic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Social Gerontology
The gerontic dependency ratio shows the number of persons 65 and over per 100 persons of "prime working age," usually defined as 20-64 years. For 1995, the gerontic ratio was 22, or there were 22 persons over the age of 65 for every 100 ...
David E. Redburn, Robert P. McNamara, 1998
2
Cox's Clinical Application of Nursing Diagnosis: Adult, ...
definition, 635 differential diagnosis, 636 gerontic health, 166 home health/ community health, 167 toddler and preschooler, 525 differential diagnosis, 554 family coping, readiness for enhanced, 768 health maintenance, ineffective, 43 home ...
Susan A Newfield, Mittie D Hinz, Donna Scott-Tilley, 2007
3
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at ...
small fossil the gerontic umbilical perforation is much larger and wider in proportion. One in fact begins to find the same difficulties in the application of the purely mechanical theory of the origin of the gerontic dorsal furrow here that was  ...
‎1894
4
Encyclopedia of Nursing Research
Gerontic nursing was defined as a nursing specialty that includes the art and practice of nurturing, caring, and comforting older adults. Supporters of this term maintained that it included both the science and the art of nursing. Detractors argued ...
Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, Meredith Wallace, 2006
5
Paleozoic Gastropod Genotypes
TYPE LOCALITY: Villmar, Germany. DESCRIPTION! Small, trochiform gastropods with a selenizone bearing a trema, and with a twisted final whorl and restricted aperture at gerontic stages; whorl profile well arched between sutures; sutures ...
J. Brookes Knight, 1941
6
A Jug Full Of Caring
Training for the Gerontic Nursing Certificate was a stepping stone to my career in caring for the health and wellness of the older person and later to palliative care nursing. In 1992 I studied at the School of Nursing at Julia Farr Centre.
Barbara Munday, 2008
7
Brachiopoda of the Independence Shale of Iowa
enlarged and encroach on process prongs. On each side of base of process is a short laterally directed ridge, the remnant of a brachiophore. ' Muscle area variably developed, often rugose and highly elevated in valves of gerontic specimens.
‎1945
8
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
is well rounded but not so stout as the rounded gerontic stage of P. guadalupae. The umbilicus of this species is approximately one-fourth the diameter of the shell in width. The surface of the whorl appears to be smooth to the diameter of 20 ...
‎1927
9
Elder Care in Occupational Therapy
Alternative Approaches in Gerontic Occupational Therapy Besides the exciting research that is coming from USC, there are other approaches to wellness that therapists are currently using. Ann Burkardt reports that wellness has become an  ...
Sandra Cutler Lewis, 2003
10
Abstracts of papers submitted for seven meetings with which ...
Gerontic Implications of Graptolites BRAITHWAITE, L. F ., Dept. Geology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84601 Gerontic characters should be carefully considered in the taxonomic interpretations of graptolites. Ruedemann ( 1947), for ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GERONTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gerontic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Laurie Gunter, former nursing department head, dies
... National Academy of Sciences. She co-authored a book, "Education for Gerontic Nursing," and published many articles and book chapters. «Penn State News, Jul 15»
2
Barbara Kay: The bureaucrats killed CanLit
... independent publisher in Canada today, with an all-but-impenetrable gerontic aristocracy and its chosen courtiers commanding the castle, ... «National Post, Jul 15»
3
GERONTIC 'Ghost ship' prowled the undersea cables of the 1940s
A "ghost ship" which helped develop the world's network of undersea cables - and worked for the former British Cable & Wireless firm, ... «The Register, Dec 14»
4
People power needed to stop wiretapping by governments
It notes: “GCHQ had access to 63 undersea internet cables, 29 of which with the help of Gerontic [the codename for a group revealed as Cable ... «Irish Times, Dec 14»
5
Snowden documents allege GCHQ is tapping undersea cables …
In keeping with good old spy traditions, Cable & Wireless appears to have even been given the code-name “Gerontic” and is responsible for 29 ... «Siliconrepublic.com, Dec 14»
6
UK spy base GCHQ tapped Irish internet cables
The owner of the cable is listed as “GERONTIC”, the password for Cable & Wireless, which is now part of Vodafone. The method of access is ... «Irish Times, Nov 14»
7
Southern Cross Cable telcos 'partnered' with spy agencies
... and Global Crossing - are listed in the leaked documents under their codenames REMEDY, GERONTIC, LITTLE and PINNAGE respectively. «iT News, Nov 14»
8
Snowden doc leak lists submarine'd cables tapped by spooks
... “REMEDY” (access to BT cable facilities) and “GERONTIC” (Vodafone) delivered up a huge amount of communications to GCHQ and NSA ... «Register, Nov 14»
9
Cable Master List: Wir spiegeln die Snowden-Dokumente über …
... britischen Geheimdienst GCHQ veröffentlicht, darunter auch über die prominente Rolle der Firma Cable & Wireless (Codename: Gerontic), ... «Netzpolitik.org, Nov 14»
10
Vodafone Company Linked to British Mass Surveillance Program
The agency designated the company the code name Gerontic and described it as a 'partner'. The reports also claim that Cable & Wireless ... «VPN Creative, Nov 14»

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