Definitions for sénescence
sénes·cence

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. aging, ageing, senescencenoun

   the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age

2. agedness, senescencenoun

   the property characteristic of old age

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. senescencenoun

   The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.

2. senescencenoun

   Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage.

3. senescencenoun

   Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.

4. senescencenoun

   Fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit.

5. Etymology: From senescere.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Senescencenoun

   The state of growing old; decay by time.

   Etymology: senesco, Latin.

   The earth and all things will continue in the state wherein they now are, without the least senescence or decay, without jarring, disorder, or invasion of one another. John Woodward.

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1. senescence

   Senescence refers to the biological aging process in organisms, characterized by the gradual deterioration in the function and integrity of cells, tissues, and organs. It involves physical, physiological and psychological changes that occur over time, leading to a decrease in an organism's ability to respond to stress, increasing vulnerability to disease, and ultimately, death. This process can also occur at the cellular level when cells lose their ability to divide and function properly.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Senescencenoun

   the state of growing old; decay by time

2. Etymology: [See Senescent.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Senescence

   Senescence or biological aging is the process of accumulative changes to molecular and cellular structure that disrupts metabolism with the passage of time, resulting in deterioration and death. Senescence occurs both on the level of the whole organism as well as on the level of its individual cells. The science of biological aging is biogerontology. Albeit indirectly, senescence is by far the leading cause of death. Of the roughly 150,000 people who die each day across the globe, about two thirds—100,000 per day—die of age-related causes; in industrialized nations, moreover, the proportion is much higher, reaching 90%. Senescence is not the inevitable fate of all organisms, and animal organisms of some groups even experience chronological decrease in mortality, for all or part of their life cycle. On the other extreme are accelerated aging diseases, rare in humans. There are a number of hypotheses as to why senescence occurs; for example, some posit it is programmed by gene expression changes, others that it is the cumulative damage caused by biological processes. Whether senescence as a biological process itself can be slowed down, halted or even reversed, is a subject of current scientific speculation and research.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Senescence

   sē-nes′ens, n. the state of growing old or decaying: decay by time.—n. Senec′titude.—adj. Senes′cent, growing old: decaying with the lapse of time. [L. senescens, -entis, pr.p. of senescĕre, to grow old—senex, old.]

Matched Categories

1. • Oldness

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sénescence in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sénescence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sénescence
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Senescence
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sénescence
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sénescence
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sénescence
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sénescence
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=sénescence