senescent
[ si-nes-uh nt ]
/ sɪˈnɛs ənt /
adjective
growing old; aging.
Cell Biology.
(of a cell) no longer capable of dividing but still alive and metabolically active.
Origin of senescent
1650–60; < Latin
senēscent- (stem of
senēscēns) present participle of
senēscere ‘to grow old’, equivalent to
sen- ‘old’ +
-ēscent-
-escent
OTHER WORDS FROM senescent
se·nes·cence, noun un·se·nes·cent, adjectiveWords nearby senescent
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senegalese,
senegambia,
senegambia confederation,
senescence,
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seneschal,
senghor,
sengi,
sengstaken-blakemore tube,
senhor
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British Dictionary definitions for senescence
senescent
/ (sɪˈnɛsənt) /
adjective
growing old
characteristic of old age
Derived forms of senescent
senescence, nounWord Origin for senescent
C17: from Latin
senēscere to grow old, from
senex old
Medical definitions for senescence (1 of 2)
senescence
[ sĭ-nĕs′əns ]
n.
The process of growing old; aging.
Medical definitions for senescence (2 of 2)
senescent
[ sĭ-nĕs′ənt ]
adj.
Growing old; aging.