Abscission vs. Senescence — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Abscission and Senescence
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Abscission
Abscission (from Latin ab, "away", and scindere, "to cut'") is the shedding of various parts of an organism, such as a plant dropping a leaf, fruit, flower, or seed. In zoology, abscission is the intentional shedding of a body part, such as the shedding of a claw, husk, or the autotomy of a tail to evade a predator.
Senescence
Senescence () or biological aging is the gradual deterioration of functional characteristics in living organisms. The word senescence can refer to either cellular senescence or to senescence of the whole organism.
Abscission
The act of cutting off.
Senescence
Growing old; aging.
Abscission
(Botany) The shedding of leaves, flowers, or fruits following the formation of the abscission zone.
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Senescence
No longer dividing. Used of a cell.
Abscission
The act or process of cutting off.
Senescence
(biology) The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.
Abscission
(obsolete) The state of being cut off.
Senescence
(cell biology) Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage.
Abscission
(rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
Senescence
(gerontology) Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.
Abscission
(botany) The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.
Senescence
(botany) Fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit.
Abscission
The act or process of cutting off.
Senescence
Condition when the cell ceases to divide.
Abscission
The state of being cut off.
Senescence
The state of growing old; decay by time.
Abscission
A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity - but I need say no more."
Senescence
The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
Abscission
Shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant
Senescence
The property characteristic of old age
Abscission
The act of cutting something off
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