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senile |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Senile \Se"nile\, a. [L. senilis from senex, gen. senis, old an old man: cf F. s['e]nile. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: senile adj : mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail" [syn: {doddering}, {doddery}, {gaga}]
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