Caducity
the infirmity or weakness of old age; senility.
frailty; transitoriness:
the caducity of life.
Historical Examples
Everyday Objects W. H. Davenport Adams
Red as a Rose is She Rhoda Broughton
A World of Wonders Various
Curiosities of Medical Experience J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
noun
perishableness
senility
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