geriatrics (2) | (noun, takes a singular verb) - old age + physician, medical treatment = the branch of medicine dealing with the problems and diseases of old age and aging people; geriatric = an elderly person. |
geriatric (2) | (adj.) - old age + physician, medical treatment = relating to geriatrics or the aging process; something for elderly people; old and/or old-fashioned. |
gerontic (5) | (adj.) - old age + -tic = relating to decline or old age. |
gerontocracy (4) | (noun) - old man + power, rule = rule by the elders; a society where a group of old men or a council of elders dominates. A gerontocrat is the noun for such a person and gerontocratic is the adjective form. |
gerontology (2) | (noun) - old age + speak, study = the study of aging and the problems of the elderly. Gerontological and gerontologic are adjective forms while gerontologist is the noun used to refer to a person who studies or practices this. |
gerontomorphic (5) | (adj.) - old age + shape + ic = characterized by physical traits most fully developed in the aged male. |