senescent

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Adjective

senescent

1. Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.
2. Characteristic of old age.
3. (cytology, of a cell) That ceases to divide.

Related terms

• senate
• senator
• senescence
• senile
• senior
• seniority

Translations

• French: sénescent
• German: alternd

Translations

• German: Alter

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