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Noun: senescence  su'ne-sun(t)s
  1. The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
    - aging, ageing
     
  2. The property characteristic of old age
    - agedness

Derived forms: senescences

Type of: biological process, oldness, organic process

Encyclopedia: Senescence