Senescent
adjective
1.
growing old; aging.
2.
Cell Biology. (of a cell) no longer capable of dividing but still alive and metabolically active.
adjective
1.
growing old
2.
characteristic of old age
senescent se·nes·cent (sĭ-něs’ənt)
adj.
Growing old; aging.
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