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Gerontology

British pronunciation/d‍ʒˌɛɹəntˈɒləd‍ʒi/
American pronunciation/ˌdʒɛɹənˈtɑɫədʒi/
Gerontology
[NOUN]
1

the branch of medical science that is concerned with the study of the physical, mental, and social aspects of aging

synonyms : geriatrics
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1Gerontology was inspired by two things.
2The gerontology approach is to weaken the left-hand side, the link between metabolism and damage.
3For a lot of gerontology and gerontological psychology to that point, uh, people mostly studied mental decline and physical decline.
4They are an example of the, what I would call a moment ago, the gerontology approach.
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