adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
geriatric/veterinary/tropical etc medicine (= medical study relating to specific groups or types of illness )
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Advances have been made in veterinary medicine, so that our pets are living longer, healthier lives.
maternity/general/geriatric etc ward (= a ward for people with a particular medical condition )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
medicine
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The post-war period in Britain has been characterized by the development of geriatric medicine as a legitimate medical specialism.
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Some medical specialisms, especially geriatric medicine , are much better than others at arranging effective transfer.
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The place of geriatric medicine within the new arrangements for the National Health Service also remains unclear.
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There is no separate department of geriatric medicine in Bassetlaw.
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Much has been achieved in geriatric medicine , and a multi-disciplinary approach is well established in many places.
ward
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I used to go along to Greenbank Hospital's geriatric wards , where I sang and played to the old folk.
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Similarly within a hospital the culture of the accident and emergency department differs from the long-stay geriatric ward .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Geriatric hospitals are often severely under-staffed.
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a geriatric hospital
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A geriatric truck had stalled near the highway.
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The clinic specializes in geriatric medicine.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A new geriatric centre is due to open later this month.
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Her husband, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, was detained in hospital and sedated pending geriatric assessment.
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I used to go along to Greenbank Hospital's geriatric wards, where I sang and played to the old folk.
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Musgrave Park is the regional centre for orthopaedic surgery and has a reputation second to none for its geriatric work.
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No agreed definition of who is a geriatric patient has yet been arrived at.