superager
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]superager (plural superagers)
- Someone with an advanced biological age who still retains the cognitive function of a younger person.
- 2017, Ilchi Lee, I've Decided to Live 120 Years, page 206:
- What areas of the brains of superagers are activated more than those of ordinary seniors?
- [2024 June 11, Alex Williams, “Morrie Markoff, Listed as Oldest Man in the U.S., Dies at 110”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
- Mr. Markoff soared over the bar of what researchers designate a super-ager — a person over 80 whose brain seems decades younger. And that made his brain highly valuable to research, said Tish Hevel, chief executive of the Brain Donor Project, a nonprofit in Naples, Fla., that is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health.]