superager

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English

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Etymology

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From super- +‎ ager.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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superager (plural superagers)

  1. 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?
    • 2018 February 19, Nicola Davis, “Scientists unravel secrets of ‘superagers’”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      Researchers have spent years studying superagers in an attempt to understand what sets the senior citizens apart.
    • [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.]
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