SAT vocabulary
Senescence
the condition or process of aging, deterioration, or growing old
Example
"Botanists monitored cellular senescence in the leaves to determine how environmental stressors accelerate aging."
Etymology
From Latin senescere meaning 'to grow old', from senex meaning 'old man'
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