senile
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Definition of senile
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of, or relating to old age.
“Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.”
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adj
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Of, or relating to old age.
“Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.”
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(offensive, often)Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.
“Her mother was senile, but they called it dementia now.”
noun
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(dated)A person who is senile.
“Seniles differ markedly in their early adult intelligence level, and in their social, vocational, and educational histories.”
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Etymology
1660s; borrowed from French sénile, from Middle French senile, from Old French senile, from Latin senīlis (“of or pertaining to old age”), from senex (“old man”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).
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