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| the biological event in which a woman's production of sex hormones is sharply reduced |
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| the desire, in middle age, to use one's accumulated wisdom to guide future generations |
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| a discontinuation of development and a desire to recapture the past |
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| decremental model of aging |
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| idea that progressive physical and mental decline are inevitable with age |
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| prejudice or discrimination against the elderly |
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| decreases in mental abilities experienced by some people in old age |
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| a condition that destroys a person's ability to think, remember, relate to others, and care for herself or himself |
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| the study of dying and death |
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| a facility designed to care for the special needs of the dying |
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