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senescence|sɪˈnɛsəns|
[f. senescent: see -ence.]
The process or condition of growing old.
1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth i. 61 The Earth, Sea, and all natural things will continue in the state wherein they now are, without the least Senescence or Decay. 1757E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances (1767) III. 138 The several Seasons of Life, open, with Novelty, to Childhood, to Youth, to Manhood, to Senescence. 1887A. H. Cummins Gram. O. Fries. 17 In the senescence of the language.
b. Biol. (See quot.)
1879Minot Probl. Age, etc. App. v. (1908) 270 Senescence. With each successive generation of cells the power of growth diminishes... This loss of power I term senescence. |