se·nes·cent (s -n s  nt)adj. Growing old; aging. [Latin sen  scns, senscent-, present participle of senscere, to grow old, inchoative of senre, to be old, from senex, sen-, old; see sen- in Indo-European roots.]se·nes cence n. |
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| Noun | 1. |  senescence - the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing agecatabiosis - normal aging of cells biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms |
| 2. |  senescence - the property characteristic of old ageoldness - the opposite of youngness |
Translations
senescence
n (form) → Alterungsprozess m, → Seneszenz f (spec)
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