Senility

Word SENILITY
Character 8
Hyphenation se nil i ty
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Definitions and meanings of "Senility"

What do we mean by senility?

Senescence; the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age.

The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.

An elderly, senile person.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Senility

The word "senility" in example sentences

Many people greatly misuse the word senility when wanting to convey the idea that the aged individual that they are referring to has memory loss, confusion etc., when the appropriate word is dementia. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Conversely, much not all—there are biological factors involved of what we call senility is a fatal end-stage form of psychological and spiritual immaturity. ❋ M. SCOTT PECK (1987)

Ah well as Forrest might say senility is as senility does. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If senility is beginning to cloud your judgement, refrain from public forums. ready99 ❋ Unknown (2009)

Replace and repeal ain't gonna happen but apperantly senility is stop the nonsense ❋ Unknown (2010)

He was never one to act in senility or say things which caused us to doubt his senses. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Later he took up the study of the flora of the human intestine and developed a theory that senility is due to poisoning of the body by the products of certain of these bacteria. ❋ Unknown (1967)

And I think that's what years ago we referred to as senility or someone's losing their memory. ❋ Unknown (2010)

kookla09: just wanted to let you know that the definition of senility is "characterizing old age". ❋ Unknown (2012)

“My dear Holmes, if I hear you use the word senility again, I shall stuff it down your throat. ❋ King, Laurie R. (1996)

So, the chairman of the commission died pretty young, in his early 40's from what I call premature senility, that is, arteriosclerosis, which is unusual, but he did and died very suddenly. ❋ Unknown (1975)

In the period 1999 through 2006, the rate at which "senility" (or one of its subcategories) appeared on death certificates was 100 times higher in Florida than in California. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This 'senility' haven been spread out by the Umno-led government. ❋ Sharon Bakar (2005)

Some of it is real senility, but to my surprise, only 5 percent of people over 65 have any kind of senility, including Alzheimer's. ❋ Unknown (1993)

In the book this incident, intended as a humorous illustration of a certain attitude of Picasso's and not as an indication of Matisse's "senility," takes up two paragraphs of a total of 15 pages devoted to visits with Matisse (not counting incidental references). ❋ Lake, Carlton (1965)

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