gerocomy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γηροκομία (gērokomía), from γῆρας (gêras, “old age”) + -κομία (-komía, “looking after”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dʒ(ɪ)əˈɹɒkəmi/

Noun

gerocomy (uncountable)

1. (rare) Medical treatment of the elderly.
   • 1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge, page 261:

     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.