senescence vs wasting

senescence

noun
  • Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time. 

  • The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age. 

  • Fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit. 

  • Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage. 

  • Condition when the cell ceases to divide. 

wasting

noun
  • Gradual deterioration or wasting away. 

  • The act by which something is laid waste; destruction. 

adj
  • Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass. 

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