Usually means: Decline due to old age.
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  1. senilism: Wordnik
  2. senilism: Wiktionary
  3. senilism: Dictionary.com

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  2. senilism: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (senilism)

▸ noun:  (medicine, gerontology) Premature old age.
▸ noun:  (rare) ageism

Similar:
senolysis, dotage, senescence, marasmus senilis, senile gangrene, psychogeriatrics, senioritis, Oslerization, senopia, retardism, more...

Opposite:
juvenescence, youthfulness, vitality

Types:
dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body disease, more...

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Similar:
senolysis, dotage, senescence, marasmus senilis, senile gangrene, psychogeriatrics, senioritis, Oslerization, senopia, retardism, more...

Opposite:
juvenescence, youthfulness, vitality

Types:
dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body disease, more...



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