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Usually means: Age-related decline in function
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word senescence:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. senescence: Merriam-Webster
  2. senescence: Wordnik
  3. senescence: Cambridge English Dictionary
  4. senescence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  5. senescence: Oxford English Dictionary
  6. senescence: Collins English Dictionary
  7. senescence: Vocabulary.com
  8. senescence: Dictionary.com
  9. senescence: Rhymezone (WordNet)
  10. senescence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. senescence: TheFreeDictionary.com (American Heritage)

General (historical) (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. senescence (1755), senescence (1773): Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
  2. senescence: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  3. senescence: Webster's 1828 Dictionary

User-edited (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. senescence: Wiktionary
  2. Senescence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. senescence: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)
  3. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Senescence: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  8. Senescence: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. senescence: A Word A Day

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  3. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See senescent as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (senescence)

noun:  (biology) The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.
noun:  (gerontology) Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.
noun:  (cytology) Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage.
noun:  (cytology, of a cell) Condition when the cell ceases to divide.
noun:  (botany) Fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit.

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