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Meaning of gerocomy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/dʒ(ɪ)əˈɹɒkəmi/

Definitions

Medical treatment of the elderly.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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