Definition of Rejuvenescence

1. n. A renewing of youth; the state of being or growing young again.

Definition of Rejuvenescence

1. Noun. A renewal of youthful characteristics or vitality ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rejuvenescence

1. juvenescence [n -S] - See also: juvenescence

Medical Definition of Rejuvenescence

1. 1. A renewing of youth; the state of being or growing young again. 2. A method of cell formation in which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in the formation of zospores, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rejuvenescence

rejuggles
rejuggling
rejustified
rejustifies
rejustify
rejustifying
rejuvenate
rejuvenated
rejuvenates
rejuvenating
rejuvenatingly
rejuvenation
rejuvenations
rejuvenator
rejuvenators
rejuvenescence (current term)
rejuvenescences
rejuvenescency
rejuvenescent
rejuvenile
rejuveniles
rejuvenize
rejuvenized
rejuvenizes
rejuvenizing
rejuvinate
reke
reked
rekes
rekey

Literary usage of Rejuvenescence

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life: Its Nature, Varieties, and Phenomena by Leo Hartley Grindon (1875)
"MOBE than once in previous chapters we have spoken of rejuvenescence : it now ... Life and Death themselves are only other names for rejuvenescence ; the ..."

2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1838)
"rejuvenescence.—The idea of the assumption by aged persons of the characters ... He arranges the phenomena of rejuvenescence under five distinct heads:—1. ..."

3. Elements of Vegetable Histology by Daniel Base (1912)
"rejuvenescence.—The protoplasm aggregates into a rounded mass, ... rejuvenescence is found only among lower forms of plant life; for example, Oedogonium, ..."

4. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1838)
"... and rejuvenescence of Animals: a Contribution Von Dr. CARL WILHELM ... to the latter that of rejuvenescence. He might likewise have added another new ..."

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