senescent

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)

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

growing old

French: sénescent (fr) German: alternd (de)

Polish: starzejący się Swedish: åldrande (sv)

characteristic of old age

German: Alters- (de)

Polish: starczy (pl)

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.
• cellular senescence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Verb

senēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of senēscō