| senile amyloidosis | A common form of amyloidosis in very old people, usually mild and limited to the heart. See: amyloidosis of aging. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| senile arteriosclerosis | Arteriosclerosis similar to hypertensive arteriosclerosis, but as a result of advanced age rather than hypertension. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile atrophoderma | Atrophoderma senilis, the loss of collagen, with thinning and decreased elasticity of the skin associated with old age. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile atrophy | Wasting of tissues and organs with advancing age from decreased catabolic or anabolic processes, at times due to endocrine changes, decreased use, or ischemia. Synonym: geromarasmus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile cataract | A cataract occurring spontaneously in the elderly; mainly a cuneiform cataract, nuclear cataract, or posterior subcapsular cataract, alone or in combination. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile chorea | A disorder resembling Sydenham's chorea, not associated with cardiac disease or dementia, occurring in the aged. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile degeneration | The process of involution occurring in old age. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile delirium | Delirium associated with senile dementia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile dementia | <neurology> A form of dementia caused by destruction (atrophy) of the frontal lobes of the brain. This condition leads to the progressive deterioration of mental functioning. Incidence: 9 out of 10,000 people in the population. (27 Sep 1997) |
| senile dental caries | Caries occurring in old age, usually interproximally and in the cementum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile deterioration | A slowly progressing decline in physical and mental health, apparently due to natural causes attendant upon the processes of aging. See: Alzheimer's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile dwarfism | Dwarfism characterised by craniofacial anomalies with progeroid appearance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile ectasia | An obsolete term for senile haemangioma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile emphysema | Emphysema consequent upon the physiologic atrophy of old age. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile fibroma | A polypoid outgrowth of both epidermis and dermal fibrovascular tissue, common terminology for any small benign cutaneous lesion. Synonym: acrochordon, fibroepithelial polyp, fibroma molle, senile fibroma, soft wart. (05 Mar 2000) |