senescencen.
/sɪˈnɛsəns/ a. The process or condition of growing old.
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yellow leafa1616
senescency1669
senescence1695
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 61 The Earth, Sea, and all natural things will continue in the state wherein they now are, without the least Senescence or Decay.
1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances III. 138 The several Seasons of Life, open, with Novelty, to Childhood, to Youth, to Manhood, to Senescence.
1887 A. H. Cummins Gram. Old Friesic Lang. 17 In the senescence of the language.
b. Biology. (See quot. 1879.)
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > cellular processes > [noun] > degeneration
senescence1879
pyknosis1900
Nissl degeneration1911
1879 C. S. Minot Probl. Age, Growth, & Death (1908) App. v. 270 Senescence. With each successive generation of cells the power of growth diminishes... This loss of power I term senescence.
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