Usually means: Aging process leading to death.
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  1. senescence: Merriam-Webster
  2. senescence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. senescence: Collins English Dictionary
  4. senescence: Vocabulary.com
  5. Senescence, senescence: Wordnik
  6. senescence: Wiktionary
  7. senescence: Dictionary.com
  8. Senescence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Senescence: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. senescence: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. senescence: Rhymezone
  12. Senescence: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. senescence: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. senescence: FreeDictionary.org
  15. senescence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. senescence: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. senescence: Legal dictionary

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  1. senescence: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. senescence: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Senescence: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Senescence: Merck Manuals
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  6. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  7. senescence: Medical dictionary
  8. Senescence: Drug Medical Dictionary
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  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
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  3. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

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(Note: See senescent as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (senescence)

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

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