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SENESCENCE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does senescence mean?

• SENESCENCE (noun)
The noun SENESCENCE has 2 senses:

1. the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
2. the property characteristic of old age

Familiarity information: SENESCENCE used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SENESCENCE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

aging; senescence; ageing

Hypernyms ("senescence" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "senescence"):

catabiosis (normal aging of cells)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The property characteristic of old age

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

agedness; senescence

Hypernyms ("senescence" is a kind of...):

oldness (the opposite of youngness)

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