senescence (redirected from Premature aging)

senescence /se·nes·cence/ (sĕ-nes´ens) the process of growing old, especially the condition resulting from the transitions and accumulations of the deleterious aging processes.

---

se·nes·cence (s-nsns)

n.

The process of growing old; aging.

---

Senescence

Aging.

Mentioned in: Aging

---

senescence

[sənes′əns]

Etymology: L, senescere, to grow old

the state of being old.

---

senescence (snes´ns),

n the process of growing old.

senescence, dental,

n a condition of the teeth and associated structures in which deterioration results from aging or premature aging processes.

---

senescence

depression of body functions as part of the process of growing old.