ju·ve·nes·cent (j  v -n s nt)adj. Becoming young or youthful. [Latin iuven  scns, iuvenscent-, present participle of iuvenscere, to reach the age of youth, from iuvenis, young; see juvenile.]ju ve·nescence n. |
juvenescence [ˌdʒuːvɪˈnɛsəns]
n
1. youth or immaturity
2. the act or process of growing from childhood to youth
3. restoration of youth; rejuvenation
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| Noun | 1. | juvenescence - the process of growing into a youth growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" |
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