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What is the noun for senility?

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senility
  1. (uncountable) Senescence; the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age.
  2. (uncountable) The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.
  3. (countable, archaic) An elderly, senile person.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “I saw him described in the press as a doddery old man, and someone in the last stages of senility.”
      “His dotty malapropisms often misrepresent him as a man closer to senility than sense but, at 69, he is still sharp enough to be able to match Fergie in the mental boxing ring.”
      “Of course, senility will come soon, and I praise the Goddess it has held off until now.”
senile
  1. (medicine) A person who is senile.
  2. Synonyms:
senilities
seniles
  1. plural of senile
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The Seniles collection was begun by Petrarch when his collection of letters for the Familiares grew so large he resolved to initiate two new volumes to house the overflow.”
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