Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition of growing old, or of decaying by time; decadence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of growing old; decay by time.
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- noun biology The
state orprocess ofageing , especially inhumans ; old age. - noun cell biology Ceasing to divide by
mitosis because of shortening oftelomeres or excessiveDNA damage. - noun gerontology Old age; accumulated damage to
macromolecules ,cells ,tissues andorgans with the passage of time. - noun botany Fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit.
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- noun the property characteristic of old age
- noun the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
Etymologies
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Examples
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The gene is involved in senescence, a process that is thought to ensure that aging cells do not pass on harmful mutations.
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The change was called senescence, or sanctification.
DEEP DOMAIN Howard Weinstein 1987
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The change was called senescence, or sanctification.
DEEP DOMAIN Howard Weinstein 1987
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The change was called senescence, or sanctification.
DEEP DOMAIN Howard Weinstein 1987
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A team of international researchers, working for the US Department of Agriculture and led by Dr Cai-Zhong Jiang, a plant physiologist at the University of California-Davis, has been experimenting with methods to forestall the natural ageing process in plants - called "senescence" - and have found that TDZ, when added to water in concentrations of five-10 parts per million, can achieve
Life and style | guardian.co.uk Leo Hickman 2010
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That process is called senescence—when the cells stop dividing permanently, or they undergo apoptosis the cell death we described earlier in the book, in which they’re broken up and reabsorbed.
You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007
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That process is called senescence—when the cells stop dividing permanently, or they undergo apoptosis the cell death we described earlier in the book, in which they’re broken up and reabsorbed.
You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007
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That process is called senescence—when the cells stop dividing permanently, or they undergo apoptosis the cell death we described earlier in the book, in which they’re broken up and reabsorbed.
You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007
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Most young, healthy cells divide continuously in order to keep body tissues and organs functioning properly, but eventually stop splitting—a state called senescence—and are replaced by others.
Cell Study Finds a Way to Slow Ravages of Age Shirley S. Wang 2011
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Although we all have a terminal disease called senescence, he's been living with a different sort of knowledge of how he might die than the rest of us have.
seanahan commented on the word senescence
Third Wordie reference to this New York Times Magazine article today.
"If she were 10 or 15 years younger — Lynne is 39 — she might be Carrie Underwood or Kellie Pickler, blowing away the “American Idol�? panel with her earthy, passionate voice and booking a ride to the top of the charts. While 39 doesn’t necessarily mean senescence in pop music the way it once might have — Bruce Springsteen picked up his most recent No. 1 album at age 58; that’s eight years older than Frank Sinatra was when he recorded “Strangers in the Night�? — it is a little long in the tooth to be looking for your first big hit."
The author might deserve some kind of vocabulary award.
January 14, 2008
quotato commented on the word senescence
Young pop stars never die---they just fake away
June 30, 2008
ruzuzu commented on the word senescence
Leonard Hayflick "describes three phases in the life of a cell. At the start of his experiment he named the primary culture "phase one." Phase two is defined as the period when cells are proliferating -- Hayflick called it the time of "luxuriant growth". After months of doubling the cells eventually reach phase three, a phenomenon of senescence -- cell growth diminishes and then stops altogether."
--Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hayflick_limit&oldid=505876870)
Also see Hayflick limit.
August 16, 2012