GERONTIC


Meaning of GERONTIC in English

/jeuh ron"tik/ , adj.

1. geriatric.

2. of or pertaining to the last phase in the life cycle of an organism or in the life history of a species.

[ 1880-85; gerontikós of old men, equiv. to geront- (s. of géron old man) + -ikos -IC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .