Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superager

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-ager
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone with an advanced biological age who still retains the cognitive function of a younger person.

Example Sentences

"What areas of the brains of superagers are activated more than those of ordinary seniors?"
"Researchers have spent years studying superagers in an attempt to understand what sets the senior citizens apart."
"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."

Etymology

From super- + ager.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: super

Inflected Forms

superagers (plural) super-ager (alternative)

Phrases

super-aging

Frequently Paired Words

super-aging

Questions

What does superager mean?: Someone with an advanced biological age who still retains the cognitive function of a younger person.
Where does superager come from?: From super- + ager.

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