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ge•ron•tic
(jə ron′tik),USA pronunciation adj.
- Medicinegeriatric.
- Developmental Biologyof or pertaining to the last phase in the life cycle of an organism or in the life history of a species.
- Greek gerontikós of old men, equivalent. to geront- (stem of gérōn old man) + -ikos -ic
- 1880–85