About The Word Senile
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Senile
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What's The Definition Of Senile?
[adj] mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Senile: doddering | doddery | gaga | old Related Terms | Find terms related to Senile: See Also | Senile In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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