Re: Non-Senescent Life Forms

Jay J. Krull ( (no email) )
Thu, 24 Sep 98 14:54:21 -0500

Concerning this discussion...

>had found peculiar 'links' which existed in all life forms indicating
>that all forms of life (animal and plant?) were non-aging. These
>'links' in most life forms today...
>...I think Pop Sci archives their mags to CD don't they? Maybe this
>article could be lcoated by searching for the keyword
>'non-seneschisitic' <sp?>

I think the word you are thinking of is "senescent" (suh-NESS-ent). From
the _American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language_ (3rd ed.):

adjective - Growing old; aging.

Thus, non-senescent life would be life that does not age.

Jay J. Krull
(alias jjk@dnaco.net)
Kettering, Ohio