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Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling.
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Meaning of "senile" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SENILE

From Latin senīlis, from senex an old man.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SENILE

senile  [ˈsiːnaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SENILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Senile is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SENILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

senile

Dementia

Dementia is a broad category of brain diseases that cause long term loss of the ability to think and reason clearly that is severe enough to affect a person's daily functioning. For the diagnosis to be present it must be a change from how the person was previously. The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer's disease. Other forms include Lewy body dementia, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, normal pressure hydrocephalus and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Except for a few treatable types in most cases there is no cure. Cholinesterase inhibitors are often used early in the disease course; however, benefit appears to be slight. Cognitive and behavioral interventions may be appropriate. Educating and providing emotional support to the caregiver is of importance. Exercise programs are beneficial with respect to activities of daily living and potentially improving dementia. Dementia becomes more common with age. While only 3% of people between the ages of 65–74 have dementia, 47% of people over the age of 85 have some form of dementia. As more people are living longer, dementia is becoming more common.

Definition of senile in the English dictionary

The definition of senile in the dictionary is of, relating to, or characteristic of old age. Other definition of senile is mentally or physically weak or infirm on account of old age.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SENILE


adenyl
ˈædɪnaɪl
alanyl
ˈæləˌnaɪl
anile
ˈænaɪl
benzenecarbonyl
ˌbɛnziːnˈkɑːbɒnaɪl
carbonyl
ˈkɑːbəˌnaɪl
Chari-Nile
ˈtʃɑːrɪˈnaɪl
diphenyl
daɪˈfiːnaɪl
fentanyl
ˈfɛntəˌnaɪl
isoaminile
ˌaɪsəʊˈæmɪˌnaɪl
juvenile
ˈdʒuːvɪˌnaɪl
Nile
naɪl
penile
ˈpiːnaɪl
phenyl
ˈfiːnaɪl
presenile
priːˈsiːnaɪl
propenyl
ˈprəʊpɪˌnaɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SENILE

senhorita
senile dementia
senilely
senility
senior
senior aircraftman
senior aircraftmen
senior aircraftwoman
senior aircraftwomen
senior airman
senior airmen
senior chief petty officer
senior citizen
senior clerk
senior common room
senior editor
senior executive
senior high school
senior management
senior master

WORDS THAT END LIKE SENILE

aquamanile
automobile
bile
campanile
chile
difficile
domicile
facile
hostile
meanwhile
mile
mobile
profile
smile
textile
tile
utile
versatile
wait-a-while
while

Synonyms and antonyms of senile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SENILE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «senile» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of senile

Translation of «senile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SENILE

Find out the translation of senile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of senile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «senile» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

衰老的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

senil
570 millions of speakers

English

senile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बूढ़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خرف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

старческое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

senil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বার্ধক্যজনিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sénile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Senile
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

senil
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

老人性認知症の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

노망든
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Senile
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

già yếu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முதுமைக்குரிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुळगुळीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bunak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

senile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

starczy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

старече
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

senil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γεροντική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

seniele
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

senil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

senil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of senile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SENILE»

The term «senile» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.780 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SENILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «senile» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «senile» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about senile

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2 QUOTES WITH «SENILE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word senile.
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Jonathan Brandis
I attended a very small junior high and specially in the end that became a disaster. The principal was pretty senile and a drunk, so the children more or less runned the school.
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Carlos Santana
Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SENILE»

Discover the use of senile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to senile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Turrialba senile latosol and its fertilizer requirments
LABORATORY DATA FOR INDONESIAN SENILE LATOSOL AND FOR YOUNG GREY SOIL (After K.C.W. Venecia) (Depth of sampling not stated) Discussion : The large differences in base status between these Senile and Juvenile soils are  ...
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Age-Related Changes of the Human Eye
The aim of this study is not only to fully understand the senile involution of retinal structures that allows us to observe the wonders of the world, but also to keep these structures intact for as long as possible. An increasing number of elderly give ...
Carlo Cavallotti, Luciano Cerulli, 2008
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Senile in Sarasota
George C. King. “Those places are everywhere—Tallevast and Lockwood Ridge for starters.” “Yeah, I'll look at prices . . . but this is what really frosts me—I've already paid for the entire month, and they don't want to refund the unused days.
George C. King, 2012
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Osteoporosis in Older Persons: Pathophysiology and ...
Models. for. Senile. Osteoporosis. TABLE 5.1. Genetically Modified Mice With Premature Aging Phenotype and/or ... mice, some are considered to be potent models for understanding the pathophysiology of senile osteoporosis in humans.
Gustavo Duque, Douglas P. Kiel, 2009
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Language in the Brain: Critical Assessments
However, Alzheimer called her symptoms senile psychosis in contrast to senile dementia, a term that had been used in the nineteenth-century psychiatric literature for patients with senile plaques. See de la Torre (2002) who inadvertently calls ...
Fred C.C. Peng, 2008
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Textbook of Ophthalmology
Ultraviolet irradiation More frequent exposure to UV irradiation from sunlight and artificial sources may stimulate the early onset and maturation of senile cataract. • Dietary factors Anomalous diet in relation to certain proteins, amino acids, ...
Sunita Agarwal, Athiya Agarwal, Lucio Buratto, 2002
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Focus on Biodiversity Research
The entire body do not undergo the senile regression simultaneously [203]. The forms and rate of ageing progression are different: in different species, individuals, organs, systems, tissues, organelles and macromolecules. At the same time, ...
Jan Schwartz, 2007
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Color Atlas of Ophthalmology: The Manhattan Eye, Ear, & ...
SENILE. CATARACTS. lens opacities associated with aging. slowly progressive decrease in visual acuity, over months to years, often with associated glare and decreased color discrimination. May atfect one or both eyes. Symptoms are ...
Suresh Mandava, Tara Sweeney, David R. Guyer, 1999
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Slips, Trips, Missteps, and Their Consequences
In their review of the senile gait, Koller et al. suggest there is a clinical entity that may be considered a characteristic senile gait, despite the variability of grouping of gait abnormalities within this class. They concluded the following list of senile ...
H. Harvey Cohen, Jon R. Abele, 2007
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Alzheimer's Disease: A Century of Scientific and Clinical ...
Kraepelin made this distinction despite the fact that the pathological hallmarks, clinical symptoms, and natural history of both pre-senile and senile dementia were virtually identical. Age of onset appeared to be the only criteria on which the  ...
George Perry, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SENILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term senile is used in the context of the following news items.
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Phantom phone calls: 'the customer is always senile' is not an …
But a default approach of "the customer is always senile" is completely inappropriate. Aside from being cruel, it ignores the real possibility that customers are ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Bill Cosby babbles like a senile rapist in ABC News interview
On Friday, alleged serial rapist Bill Cosby made an appearance on Good Morning America to ostensibly use his philanthropic efforts for education in rural ... «Death and Taxes, May 15»
3
Arizona birther sheriff lashes out at 'senile' Justice Ginsburg: 'She …
“Those people have been put there, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a very senile and evil person, she does not like America, she does not like our Constitution,” Mack ... «Raw Story, Apr 15»
4
Mugabe's senile, says Tsvangirai
Harare - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday described longtime leader Robert Mugabe as "a senile president with a vituperative ... «News24, Dec 14»
5
Barbara Walters Suffers from Senile Dementia, Friends Fear
Friends fear that she might be suffering from senile dementia because she's been having memory lapses and is often confused about her surroundings. «Softpedia, Oct 14»
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Ex-'View' Co-Host Barbara Walters Reportedly Suffering From …
Friends fear that TV news icon Barbara Walters may be suffering from senile dementia in her retirement, the new issue of The National ENQUIRER reports. «Radar Online, Oct 14»
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SAMUELSON: Decline in startups signals 'senile economy'
WASHINGTON – We may have a “senile economy,” says economist Robert Litan of the Brookings Institution. That's senile as in old, rigid and undynamic. «Asbury Park Press, Aug 14»
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Rap Songs of the Week: Lil Wayne, Re-Energized on Young …
A fairly big-deal song on paper, “Senile” is a Young Money track featuring Nicki Minaj, Tyga, and Lil Wayne (who actually decides to give a crap about what's ... «SPIN, Apr 14»
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Tyga Gets Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne for 'Senile' Video
If you want to explore how creepy hippies, black lights and bucket hats paired with white face masks are, Tyga has the video for you. The L.A. rapper scores solid ... «Radio.com News, Apr 14»
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Bizarre 'Senile' Video Features Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, and Tyga
The video Senile debuted on BETs 106 & Park Tuesday evening. The second single released from YMCMB's Young Money: Rise of an Empire features Tyga, Lil ... «The Inquisitr, Apr 14»

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