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Pronunciation : Se"nile
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. senilis, from senex, gen. senis, old, an old man: cf. F. s?nile. See Senior.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913