gerocomy/dʒ(ɪ)əˈɹɒkəmi/EtymologyFrom Ancient Greek γηροκομία (gērokomía), from γῆρας (gêras, “old age”) + -κομία (-komía, “looking after”).gerocomy means medical treatment of the elderly. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.gerocomy is pronounced /dʒ(ɪ)əˈɹɒkəmi/.nounMedical treatment of the elderly.“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.”