Category: G

A branch of the National Institute on Aging. Conducts research into behavior changes that take place with age, the aging process, age-related deterioration, and the inability of organisms to maintain their physiological control system and genetic information transfer system, gerontology.  

A physician or other professionally trained person who examines the clinical, biological, psychosocial, and historical aspects of aging, geriatrics; gerontology. A specialist in the scientific study of all aspects of the aging process, from clinical, biological, historical, mental, and sociological perspectives.  

The concept that diseases are caused by microorganisms. Discoveries by Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch established that several diseases are caused by bacteria and that putrification is also caused by microorganisms. These discoveries led to the establishment of the science of immunology and bacteriology. The postulation that a particular assemblage of microorganisms instigates a distinct…

Infectious agents. A microorganism which causes a disease,.e.g. a virus or bacterium (informal). A part of an organism capable of developing into a new organism. In cereals and oilseeds, the term is used to describe the distinctive portion which bears the potential seedling, as also the nutrients provided by nature for its growth. In groundnuts,…

In embryology, the first 2 weeks after fertilization. Developmental stage that begins with conception and lasts approximately 10 to 14 days.  

Geriatric psychiatry.  

A medical specialty concerning the treatment of older people. A geriatrician is a physician specially trained in the care of older people. While older adults experience many of the same illnesses and conditions as younger people, their response to diseases often differs. Changes due to aging in many of the body’s organs create unique circumstances.…

A physician with special training in geriatric medicine. In previous times, this training was self-taught through the special attention physicians gave their older patients. Presently, 1-3 years training programs that follow the regular medical curriculum are established in many of the teaching medical centers. A doctor who specialises in the treatment or study of diseases…

Political status of all countries of the world.  

The degree to which subordinates are physically separated.