se·nes·cence
[səˈnesəns]
NOUN
biology
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the condition or process of deterioration with age.synonyms: elderliness · old age · oldness · seniority · maturity · dotage · senility · one’s advancing/advanced years · one’s declining years · the winter/autumn of one’s life · senescence · eld · caducity
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loss of a cell’s power of division and growth.synonyms: feebleness · enfeeblement · infirmity · weakness · frailty · debilitation · debility · sickliness · incapacitation · malaise · old age · agedness · elderliness · dotage · senility · superannuation · senescence
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