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senescence

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se·nes·cent  (s-nsnt)
adj.
Growing old; aging.
[Latin senscns, 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·nescence n.
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Noun1.senescence - the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing agesenescence - the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
ageing, aging
catabiosis - normal aging of cells
biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
2.senescence - the property characteristic of old agesenescence - the property characteristic of old age
agedness
oldness - the opposite of youngness
Translations
senescence
n (form) → Alterungsprozess m, → Seneszenz f (spec)
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