How to pronounce “senescence”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (biology) The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.
• (cytology) Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage.
• (gerontology) Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.
• (botany) Fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit.
• (cytology, of a cell) Condition when the cell ceases to divide.

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