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Definitions for Senescent
[1] growing old; aging.
[2] Cell Biology . (of a cell) no longer capable of dividing but still alive and metabolically active.
[3] growing old
[4] characteristic of old age
Words related to Senescent
elderly, antique, gray, antediluvian, ancient, shot, worn, antiquated, oldie, maturing, waning, crumbling, stale, fading, developing, declining, aged, decrepit, doddering
Words nearby Senescent
senegal, senegalese, senegambia, senegambia confederation, senescence, senescent, seneschal, senghor, sengi, sengstaken-blakemore tube, senhor
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 , adjective
Word origin for Senescent
C17: from Latin senēscere to grow old, from senex old
Synonyms for Senescent
aged, ancient, anile, decrepit, doddering, doting, enfeebled, feeble, imbecile, in second childhood, infirm, old, shattered, sick, weak