contabescence
n. 衰亡;憔悴
例句
Nucleic acids are the basic ingredient of all the biologic cells and they have an important function in life processes, such as growth, propagation, descendiblity and contabescence.
核酸是一切生物细胞的基本成分,它控制着生物体的生长、发育、繁殖、遗传及衰亡等生命现象。