supercentenarian

[soo-per-sen-tn-air-ee-uhn]

noun

1. a person who has reached the age of 110.

adjective

1. pertaining to or having lived 110 years.

Word History and Origins

Origin of supercentenarian¹

First recorded in 1830–40; super- ( def. ) + centenarian ( def. )

Example Sentences

The significance of this discovery became clearer when a Japanese study on supercentenarians, meaning individuals who live well past 100, found that this same T helper cell subset was abundant in their immune systems.

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Their goal was to determine if genes from people who live to extreme old age -- supercentenarians -- could protect against the cellular damage caused by Progeria.

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She celebrated becoming a supercentenarian on Saturday with close friends and family, who all provided negative Covid test results, and enjoyed a glass or two of her favourite red wine, St John's House said.

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This is his third year as a supercentenarian — meaning age 110 and older.

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It is incredibly rare to reach supercentenarian status, and rarer still to surpass it.

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