adj. 1. Growing old; aging. 2. No longer dividing. Used of a cell. [Latin senēscēns, senēscent-, present participle of senēscere, to grow old, inchoative of senēre, to be old, from senex, sen-, old; see sen- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] se·nescence n. |
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