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senesce
(sen¦esce)
Pronunciation:
/sɪˈnɛs/
verb
[
no object
]
Biology
(of a living organism) deteriorate with age:
it is a universal characteristic of higher animals that they senesce
Origin:
mid 17th century
: from Latin
senescere
, from
senex
'old'
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