Usually means: Relating to the aging process.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. gerontic: Merriam-Webster
  2. gerontic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gerontic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gerontic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gerontic: Wordnik
  6. gerontic: Wiktionary
  7. gerontic: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. gerontic: Dictionary.com
  9. gerontic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. gerontic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. -gerontic: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gerontic)

▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to old age or the elderly.
▸ adjective:  (biology) Of or pertaining to senescent animals or plants.

Similar:
gerontologic, geriatric, senile, gerontocratic, psychogerontological, gerontotherapeutic, gerontophilic, gerontophobic, geratologic, gray, more...

Opposite:
juvenescent, youthful, young, fresh, new

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Similar:
gerontologic, geriatric, senile, gerontocratic, psychogerontological, gerontotherapeutic, gerontophilic, gerontophobic, geratologic, gray, more...

Opposite:
juvenescent, youthful, young, fresh, new



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