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• sénile — [ senil ] adj. • XVe, puis 1512; lat. senilis, de senex « vieillard » 1 ♦ De vieillard, propre à la vieillesse. « d une voix sénile mais encore bien accentuée » (Gautier). ♢ Méd. Involution sénile : ensemble des phénomènes de régression d un… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Senile Plaques — (Silberimprägnation) Senile Plaques (syn. neuritische Plaques, senile Drusen, Hirndrusen) sind extrazelluläre Ablagerungen von Beta Amyloid in der grauen Hirnsubstanz. Die Ablagerungen sind vergesellschaftet mit degenerativen nervalen Strukturen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Senile — Se nile, a. [L. senilis, from senex, gen. senis, old, an old man: cf. F. s[ e]nile. See {Senior}.] Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness. Senile… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Senile gangrene — Senile Se nile, a. [L. senilis, from senex, gen. senis, old, an old man: cf. F. s[ e]nile. See {Senior}.] Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Senile osteoporosis — Senile Osteoporosis, formerly known as osteoporosis type II, senile osteoporosis has been recently recognized as a geriatric syndrome with a particular pathohysiology. A clinician scientist at the University of Sydney, Dr. *… …   Wikipedia

• senile psychosis — n SENILE DEMENTIA * * * depressive or paranoid delusions or hallucinations or other mental disorders due primarily to degeneration of the brain in old age, as in senile dementia …   Medical dictionary

• Senile Bettflucht — „Senile Bettflucht“ ist eine Scherzbezeichnung für ein vermindertes Schlafbedürfnis im Alter, das durch ein frühes Erwachen gekennzeichnet ist. Eine Verschiebung des Schlaf Wach Rhythmus im Senium wird karikierend als „senile (= greisenhafte)… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• senile cataract — n a cataract of a type that occurs in the aged and is characterized by an initial opacity in the lens, subsequent swelling of the lens, and final shrinkage with complete loss of transparency * * * the most common kind of cataract, painless and of …   Medical dictionary

• senile dementia — n a mental disorder of old age esp. of the degenerative type associated with Alzheimer s disease called also senile psychosis * * * loss of the intellectual faculties often associated with behavioural deterioration, beginning for the first time… …   Medical dictionary

• senile — 1660s, suited to old age, from Fr. sénile, from L. senilis of old age, from senex (gen. senis) old, old man, from PIE root *sen old (Cf. Skt. sanah old; Avestan hana old; O.Pers. hanata old age, lapse of time; Ar …   Etymology dictionary

• senile — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having the weaknesses or diseases of old age, especially a loss of mental faculties. ► NOUN ▪ a senile person. DERIVATIVES senility noun. ORIGIN Latin senilis, from senex old man …   English terms dictionary