Definition of "ageing" []

• Chiefly British Variant of aging. (noun)

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• "Australian Treasurer Peter Costello said on December 19th, 2003, We must start confronting what we call the ageing of our population."
• "But in Kirkwood's theory, ageing is not pre-programmed because the genes that repair cells can be modified."
• "Healthy Aging: By the word ageing we generally think of an unpleasant process associated with dysfunction and disability."