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Gerontological research
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Gerontological research The study and research that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people.
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Gerontalism
Impersonating an older person and being treated as one by a partner--one of the stigmatic/eligibilic paraphilias.
Gerontology
The science of aging and age-related phenomena.
Gerontophilia
A paraphilia of the stigmatic/eligibilic type in which the partner must be parental or grandparental in age. The technical term for the reciprocal paraphilic condition in which a younger person must impersonate a parent or grandparent is paraphilic. 2. The condition in which a young adult is responsive to and dependent on erotic/sexual activity with a much older partner in order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm.
Gerovital
Gerovital H3 is a controversial preparation, developed during the 1950s in Romania by Dr. Ana Aslan (1896?–May 20, 1988) It was and is promoted by its advocates as an effective anti-aging treatment. During Gerovital's "jet-set" heyday, Dr. Aslan's clinic gave Gerovital treatments to a stellar array of celebrities and dignitaries
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Genes
Basic, functional units of heredity, each occupying a specific place on a chromosome.
Genetic counseling
Providing information, advice, and testing to prospective parents at risk of having a child with a birth defect or genetic disorder.
GERD
Gastroesophageal reflux disease. Flow of the stomach's contents back up into the esophagus, which happens when the muscle between the esophagus and the stomach (the lower esophageal sphincter) is weak or relaxes when it shouldn't. May cause esophagitis. Also called esophageal reflux or reflux esophagitis.
Geriatric
Of or relating to the aged or to characteristics of the aging process.
Geriatricacetylcholine
A chemical in the brain that acts as a neurotransmitter.
Gerontological research
Gestational diabetes
Form of diabetes that may develop during pregnancy in women who do not otherwise have diabetes.
Giant cell arteritis
Disease causing inflammation of the temporal arteries and other arteries in the head and neck, causing the arteries to narrow, reducing blood flow in the affected areas; may cause persistent headaches and vision loss; also known as cranial arteritis, temporal arteritis, or Horton’s disease.
Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT)
Method of treating infertility by removing eggs from a woman's ovaries, combining them with sperm from her partner or a donor in the laboratory, then placing the eggs and sperm together in one of her fallopian tubes, where fertilization can occur.
Glutamate
A salt or ester of glutamic acid, especially one that functions as a neurotransmitter that excites cells of the central nervous system.
Gluten
A protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and oats.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Gerontalism
Impersonating an older person and being treated as one by a partner--one of the stigmatic/eligibilic paraphilias.
Gerontology
The science of aging and age-related phenomena.
Gerontophilia
A paraphilia of the stigmatic/eligibilic type in which the partner must be parental or grandparental in age. The technical term for the reciprocal paraphilic condition in which a younger person must impersonate a parent or grandparent is paraphilic. 2. The condition in which a young adult is responsive to and dependent on erotic/sexual activity with a much older partner in order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm.
Gerovital
Gerovital H3 is a controversial preparation, developed during the 1950s in Romania by Dr. Ana Aslan (1896?–May 20, 1988) It was and is promoted by its advocates as an effective anti-aging treatment. During Gerovital's "jet-set" heyday, Dr. Aslan's clinic gave Gerovital treatments to a stellar array of celebrities and dignitaries
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Genes
Basic, functional units of heredity, each occupying a specific place on a chromosome.
Genetic counseling
Providing information, advice, and testing to prospective parents at risk of having a child with a birth defect or genetic disorder.
GERD
Gastroesophageal reflux disease. Flow of the stomach's contents back up into the esophagus, which happens when the muscle between the esophagus and the stomach (the lower esophageal sphincter) is weak or relaxes when it shouldn't. May cause esophagitis. Also called esophageal reflux or reflux esophagitis.
Geriatric
Of or relating to the aged or to characteristics of the aging process.
Geriatricacetylcholine
A chemical in the brain that acts as a neurotransmitter.
Gerontological research
Gestational diabetes
Form of diabetes that may develop during pregnancy in women who do not otherwise have diabetes.
Giant cell arteritis
Disease causing inflammation of the temporal arteries and other arteries in the head and neck, causing the arteries to narrow, reducing blood flow in the affected areas; may cause persistent headaches and vision loss; also known as cranial arteritis, temporal arteritis, or Horton’s disease.
Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT)
Method of treating infertility by removing eggs from a woman's ovaries, combining them with sperm from her partner or a donor in the laboratory, then placing the eggs and sperm together in one of her fallopian tubes, where fertilization can occur.
Glutamate
A salt or ester of glutamic acid, especially one that functions as a neurotransmitter that excites cells of the central nervous system.
Gluten
A protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and oats.
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