senescence – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
senescence
n.
aging process, process of growing older; growth stage in a plant or plant part from full maturity to death
Senescence
- For premature aging disorders, see Progeroid syndromes.
Senescence (from , meaning "to grow old," from ) or
biological aging (also spelled
biological ageing) is the gradual deterioration of
function characteristic of most complex lifeforms, arguably found in all
biological kingdoms, that on the level of the
organism increases
mortality after
maturation. The word "senescence" can refer either to
cellular senescence or to senescence of the whole organism. It is commonly believed that cellular senescence underlies organismal senescence. The science of biological aging is
biogerontology.
senescence
Noun
1. the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
(synonym) aging, ageing
(hypernym) organic process, biological process
(hyponym) catabiosis
2. the property characteristic of old age
(synonym) agedness
(hypernym) oldness
sénescence
nf.
senescence, aging process, process of growing older
Senescence
(n.)
The state of growing old; decay by time.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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