Hypertext Webster Gateway: "senescence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Senescence \Se*nes"cence\, n. [See {Senescent}.]
The state of growing old; decay by time.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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