Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Growing old; aging.
- adjective No longer dividing. Used of a cell.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Growing old; aging: as, a senescent beau.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Growing
old ; decaying with the lapse of time. - adjective
characteristic of oldage
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective growing old
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Using a complex “systems biology” approach, the researchers, in conjunction with scientists from the University of Ulm in Germany, had set out to discover why cells become senescent, or, in other words, grow old.
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Scientists are closing in on the mechanism of what are called "senescent cells," which cause the tissue deterioration responsible for aging.
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Reporting in the journal Nature, researchers from the Mayo Clinic have found a way to clear away what are called senescent cells, which are cells that have stopped dividing and build up as people and animals age. senescent cells are so bad for the body:
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For the first time, scientists showed in mice that removing a type of aging cell from the body that has stopped dividing -- known as a senescent cell -- can delay or prevent age-related health issues.
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When they get too short, the cell no longer can divide and becomes inactive or "senescent" or dies.
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When they get too short, the cell no longer can divide and becomes inactive or "senescent" or dies.
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When they get too short, the cell no longer can divide and becomes inactive or "senescent" or dies.
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When they get too short, the cell no longer can divide and becomes inactive or "senescent" or dies.
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When they get too short, the cell no longer can divide and becomes inactive or "senescent" or dies.
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When they get too short, the cell no longer can divide and becomes inactive or "senescent" or dies.
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I like this word..
April 3, 2012