gerontotherapy

gerontotherapy
Treatment of disease in the aged. SYN: geriatric therapy.

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ge·ron·to·ther·a·py -'ther-ə-pē n, pl -pies treatment to improve the health of older persons

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ger·on·to·ther·a·py (jer-on″to-therґə-pe) gerontotherapeutics.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • gerontotherapy — n. therapeutic treatment of the elderly …   English contemporary dictionary

  • therapy — 1. The treatment of disease or disorder by any method. SEE ALSO: therapeutics. 2. In psychiatry, and clinical psychology, a short term for psychotherapy. SEE ALSO: psychotherapy …   Medical dictionary

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