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SENESCENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property characteristic of old age
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("senescence" is a kind of...):
oldness (the opposite of youngness)
Derivation:
senescent (growing old)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
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)
Derivation:
senescent (growing old)
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