Category:Senile

Se"nile, a. Etym: [l. senilis, from senex, gen. senis, old, an old Man: cf. F. sénile. See senior.]

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.