gerontic

gerontic
/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; < Gk gerontikós of old men, equiv. to geront- (s. of géron old man) + -ikos -IC]

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