senescence
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In the title story, illness and senescence conjure the specter of death for an aging narrator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Their cellular activation markers changed, their ability to remove debris declined, and they showed molecular signatures linked to cellular senescence, a biological state associated with aging and cellular stress.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
But as we get older, increasing numbers of cells enter a state known as senescence.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
In aging animals, most neutrophils that never encounter a pathogen quickly enter senescence, a dysfunctional state in which they can release harmful chemicals that damage nearby cells and promote inflammation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
“It should be perfectly obvious. I engineered a way to reverse senescence through cellular regeneration.”
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
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Power Suffix: -escence
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