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superager

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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