Senescence \Se*nes"cence\, n. [See Senescent.]
The state of growing old; decay by time.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
senescence
n 1: the organic process of growing older and showing the effects
of increasing age [syn: aging, ageing]
2: the property characteristic of old age [syn: agedness]
WordNet (r) 2.0
agedness, ageing, aging
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