Senescence

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Senescence \Se*nes"cence\, n. [See {Senescent}.]
     The state of growing old; decay by time.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  senescence
       n 1: the organic process of growing older and showing the effects
            of increasing age [syn: {aging}, {ageing}]
       2: the property characteristic of old age [syn: {agedness}]