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单词 gerocomy
释义

gerocomy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γηροκομία (gērokomía), from γῆρας (gêras, old age) + -κομία (-komía, looking after).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dʒ(ɪ)əˈɹɒkəmi/

Noun

gerocomy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Medical treatment of the elderly.
    • 1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge 1978, p. 261:
      Among the aristocracy of eighteenth-century Europe, recourse to what is now called gerocomy was in vogue, both in Paris and London, for the rehabilitation of the victims of old age.
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