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Gerontology Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ology

Gerontology has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people

2

The study of the elderly, and of the aging process itself.

See Also
gerontologist geriatrics geratology psychogerontology problem psychological aging science
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
medicine
Rhyming Words
dogy fogy bogy logy pogy ology loogy elogy boogy alogy agogy dilogy oölogy oology eulogy perogy urology geology analogy trilogy
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