Defn: That part of medicine which treats of regimen for old people.
GERONTES
Ge*ron"tes, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Gr. Antiq.)
Defn: Magistrates in Sparta, who with the ephori and kings, constituted the supreme civil authority.
GERONTOCRACY
Ger`on*toc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Government by old men. [R.] Gladstone.
GEROPIGIA
Ger`o*pig"i*a, n. Etym: [Pg. geropiga.]
Defn: A mixture composed of unfermented grape juice, brandy, sugar, etc., for adulteration of wines. [Written also jerupigia.]
-GEROUS -ger*ous. Etym: [L. -ger, fr. gerere to bear, carry. See Jest.]
Defn: A suffix signifying bearing, producing; as, calcigerous; dentigerous.
GERRYMANDER
Ger`ry*man"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gerrymandered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gerrymandering.]