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Webster 1913 Edition


Senile

Se′nile

,
Adj.
[L.
senilis
, from
senex
, gen.
senis
, old, an old man: cf. F.
sénile
. See
Senior
.]
Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age;
as,
senile
weakness
.
Senile maturity of judgment.”
Boyle.
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.
[L. senilis.] Pertaining to old age; proceeding from age.

Definition 2024


sénile

sénile

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Adjective

sénile m, f (plural séniles)

  1. senile

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