senescence
Meaning of senescence
noun
- The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.
- Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage.
- Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.
- Fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit.
- (of a cell) Condition when the cell ceases to divide.
Information about senescence
- It is a name.
- The plural form of senescence is: senescences.
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Hyphenation of senescence
senes-cence
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- senescence is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
senescence synonyms
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