Usually means: Fear of elderly people, aging.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. gerontophobia: Collins English Dictionary
  2. gerontophobia: Wiktionary
  3. gerontophobia: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. gerontophobia: Dictionary.com
  5. Gerontophobia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. gerontophobia: Grandiloquent Dictionary

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. gerontophobia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Gerontophobia: MedFriendly Glossary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  5. gerontophobia: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gerontophobia: The Phobia List

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gerontophobia: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (gerontophobia)

noun:  An abnormal and persistent fear of aging or growing old.
noun:  An abnormal and persistent fear of elderly individuals or people.
noun:  An aversion or hatred towards elderly people.

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