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)
- (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.
- 1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge 1978, p. 261: