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senescent

[ si-nes-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. growing old; aging.
  2. Cell Biology. (of a cell) no longer capable of dividing but still alive and metabolically active.


senescent

/ ɪˈɛəԳ /

adjective

  1. growing old
  2. characteristic of old age
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԱԳ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ԱcԳ noun
  • ܲȴ·ԱcԳ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of senescent1

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin ŧԳ- (stem of ŧŧԲ ) present participle of ŧ “to grow old,” equivalent to sen- “old” + -ŧԳ- -escent
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of senescent1

C17: from Latin ŧ to grow old, from senex old
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What gives with this senescent New Year’s tradition of still waltzing 200 years since the birth of the dance’s greatest maker, Johann Strauss II?

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The study provides a better understanding of the interactions between cell types and how they induce senescence, which could inform efforts to develop drugs that target senescent cells.

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It seems it was the Democrats’ unpopular, senescent, cantankerous candidate who was holding them back after all.

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There have been female kings, stagings in innumerable languages, productions set in Viking times, or in a modern-day nursing home with Lear’s madness depicted as a senescent dream.

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The trigger for the nerves’ retreat, Dimmeler and colleagues found, is senescent cells, damaged cells that accumulate in tissues with age.

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