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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
senesce /sɪˈnɛs/

▶verb Biology (of a living organism) deteriorate with age.

– derivatives
senescence noun,
senescent adjective.

– origin C17: from L. senescere, from senex ‘old’.

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