senescent
See also: sénescent
English
Etymology
From Latin senescens, present participle of senescere (“to grow old”), from senere (“to be old”), from senex (“old”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛsənt
Adjective
senescent (comparative more senescent, superlative most senescent)
- Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.
- Characteristic of old age.
- (cytology, of a cell) That ceases to divide.
Translations
growing old
Further reading
- senescent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- senescent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
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