Definition of "geriatrician" [geriatrician]

• A physician who specializes in geriatrics. (noun)

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• "Something is happening in hip fracture, said Colin Currie, consultant geriatrician and one of the report's authors."
• "Fewer patients are developing pressure ulcers and more are getting the assessment they need from a specialist geriatrician – 37% compared with 24% in 2009."
• "As an internist and geriatrician working (as well as a lifelong New Yorker), I got a bird's eye view as Saint Vincent's did god's work in caring for generations of some of the most vulnerable New Yorkers."