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AGING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aging mean?
• AGING (noun)
The noun AGING has 2 senses:
1. acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
2. the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
Familiarity information: AGING used as a noun is rare.
• AGING (adjective)
The adjective AGING has 1 sense:
1. growing old
Familiarity information: AGING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("aging" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aging"):
mellowing (the process of becoming mellow)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
ageing; aging; senescence
Hypernyms ("aging" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aging"):
catabiosis (normal aging of cells)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Growing old
Synonyms:
Similar:
old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)
Context examples
The study of the biological reasons and mechanisms of human aging.
(Biology of Aging, NCI Thesaurus)
Aging, infections, head injury, certain medicines, or problems with blood circulation may result in a balance problem.
(Balance Problems, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
It is not a normal part of aging.
(Bowel Incontinence, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
A genetic condition characterized by short stature, premature aging, sensitivity to light, and possibly deafness and mental retardation.
(Cockayne syndrome, NCI Dictionary)
Although dementia is common in very elderly people, it is not part of normal aging.
(Dementia, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
It functions as an antioxidant and protects tissues against radiation and pollution, slowing the aging process.
(Cystine, NCI Thesaurus)
Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis. It's often related to aging or to an injury.
(Arthritis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
Free radicals may play a part in cancer, heart disease, stroke, and other diseases of aging.
(Antioxidant, NCI Dictionary)
An inherited disorder marked by rapid aging that begins in early adolescence.
(Adult progeria, NCI Dictionary)
Cataract that results from the aging process, an injury, or as a manifestation of a systemic disorder.
(Acquired Cataract, NCI Thesaurus)
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