The condition of being old and infirm; impairment of the faculties by old age; senile infirmity or decay. Now rare.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders associated with age > [noun] > of old age (6) superannuation1655 The condition of being old and infirm; impairment of the faculties by old age; senile infirmity or decay. Now rare. caducity1769 esp. The infirmity of old age, senility. climacteric disease1813 a wasting disorder thought to occur in the middle-aged, esp. middle-aged men. involution1860 Physiology. ‘The retrograde change which occurs in the body in old age, or in some organ when its permanent or temporary purpose has been fulfilled’… Subcategories:— person (1) — point at which prime is past (1) |
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