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Webster 1913 Edition
Senile
Se′nile
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age;
“Senile maturity of judgment.” as,
. senile
weaknessBoyle.
Senile gangrene
(Med.)
, a form of gangrene occuring particularly in old people, and caused usually by insufficient blood supply due to degeneration of the walls of the smaller arteries.
Webster 1828 Edition
Senile
SE'NILE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
senile
senile
See also: sénile
English
Adjective
senile (comparative more senile, superlative most senile)
- Of, or relating to old age.
- 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
- 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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- (often offensive) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.
Derived terms
- nonsenile
- presenile
- senilely
- senile dementia
- senile gangrene
Related terms
Translations
of, or relating to old age
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exhibiting the deterioration in mind
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Noun
senile (plural seniles)
- (dated, medicine) A person who is senile.
- 1979, Oscar J. Kaplan, Psychopathology of Aging, page 54:
- Seniles differ markedly in their early adult intelligence level, and in their social, vocational, and educational histories.
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External links
- senile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- senile in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
senīle
- nominative neuter singular of senīlis
- accusative neuter singular of senīlis
- vocative neuter singular of senīlis
Old French
Adjective
senile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular senile)
- relating to old age
Declension
Declension of senile