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senescent \si-NES-uhnt\, adjective:
Growing old; aging.
During summer, when there is no rain for months, the forests become
littered with dry senescent leaves and twinges, which could burst into flames
ignited by the slightest spark.
-- Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi, The American Chronicle
There is good evidence that senescent cells are not benign. But until
now no one has been able to confirm that they exist in appreciable numbers in
old animals.
-- John Sedivy
It was a senescent adult whose maximal growth rates were over 2.1 kg
per day. Growth flattened out at around 20 years of age, and death occurred in
its 29th year. Direct measurements of growth rates of T. rex and three of its
closest relatives have been used to generate age/mass growth curves for these
animals.
-- Nature
Senescent is from Latin senescere, "to grow old," from senex, "old."
Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for senescent
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