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Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness.
  2. adj. mentally or physically infirm with age
  3. 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.
  4. Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristicof, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senileweakness. "Senile maturity of judgment." Boyle. Senile gangrene(Med.), a form of gangrene occuring particularly in old people, andcaused usually by insufficient blood supply due to degeneration ofthe walls of the smaller arteries.
  5. j:100 s mentally or physically infirm with age