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Meaning of "calvities" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CALVITIES

From Late Latin, from Latin calvus bald.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CALVITIES

calvities  [kælˈvɪʃɪˌiːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CALVITIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Calvities is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CALVITIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

calvities

Hair loss

Hair loss or baldness is a loss of hair from the head or body. Baldness can refer to general hair loss or male pattern baldness specifically. Some types of baldness can be caused by alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder. The extreme forms of alopecia areata are alopecia totalis, which involves the loss of all head hair, and alopecia universalis, which involves the loss of all hair from the head and the body. Baldness and hypotrichosis can have many causes, including fungal infection, traumatic damage, such as by compulsive pulling, as a result of radiotherapy or chemotherapy, and as a result of nutritional deficiencies such as iron, and as a result of autoimmune phenomena, including alopecia areata and hair loss associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Definition of calvities in the English dictionary

The definition of calvities in the dictionary is baldness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CALVITIES


Chinese
tʃaɪˈniːz
classes
ˈklæsiːz
dieses
ˈdaɪəsiːz
disease
dɪˈziːz
ease
iːz
Erinyes
ɪˈrɪnɪˌiːz
expertise
ˌɛkspɜːˈtiːz
facies
ˈfeɪʃɪˌiːz
heartsease
ˈhɑːtsˌiːz
he´s
hiːz
ingluvies
ɪnˈɡluːvɪˌiːz
Japanese
ˌdʒæpəˈniːz
keys
kiːz
mise
miːz
mollities
mɒˈlɪʃɪˌiːz
paries
ˈpɛərɪˌiːz
please
pliːz
Portuguese
ˌpɔːtjʊˈɡiːz
sanies
ˈseɪnɪˌiːz
tenues
ˈtɛnjʊˌiːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CALVITIES

calvaria
calvarial
calvarian
calvaries
calvary
Calvary cross
calve
calver
Calvert
calves
Calvin
Calvin cycle
Calvinism
Calvinist
Calvinistic
Calvinistical
Calvino
calx
calycanthemy
calycanthus

WORDS THAT END LIKE CALVITIES

abilities
activities
amenities
authorities
capabilities
celebrities
cities
communities
disabilities
entities
facilities
humanities
minorities
opportunities
parties
possibilities
qualities
quantities
responsibilities
universities
utilities

Synonyms and antonyms of calvities in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «calvities» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CALVITIES

Find out the translation of calvities to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of calvities from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «calvities» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

calvities
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

calvities
570 millions of speakers

English

calvities
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

calvities
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صلع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

calvities
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

calvities
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

calvities
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

calvities
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Calvities
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

calvities
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

calvities
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

calvities
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Calvities
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

calvities
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வழுக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅल्व्हिटि
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

calvities
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

calvities
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

calvities
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

calvities
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

calvities
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

calvities
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

calvities
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

calvities
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

calvities
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of calvities

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CALVITIES»

The term «calvities» is used very little and occupies the 183.581 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of calvities
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CALVITIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «calvities» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «calvities» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about calvities

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CALVITIES»

Discover the use of calvities in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to calvities and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Student's book of cutaneous medicine and diseases of the ...
This form of calvities may be further distinguished as calvities juvenis, in contradistinction to the baldness of old age, ... a state not far removed from calvities," the distinction between alopecia and calvities being, as we have already shown, the ...
Sir Erasmus Wilson, 1865
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THE MEDICAL TIMES AND GAZETTE
Calvities. Varus. Porrigo. Lenticula. Sykosis. Semeion. Area. Ephelis. Alopekia. Phthciriasis. 4. Treatment by Surgical Means. Ganglion. Steatoma. Melikeris. Hordeolum. Atheroma. Akno . . Varus. Akrochordon . . Verruca pensilis. Cheimetlon .
JOHN CHURCHILL, 1870
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Skin diseases and their remedies
Germ. llama, Calvities is a natural consequence of advanced life, but it is not peculiar to old persons. The default of nutrition, atrophy of the hair, and loss of colour which precedes calvities, is not unfrequently observed in persons still in the ...
Robert Jacob JORDAN, 1860
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On Diseases of the Skin: A System of Cutaneous Medicine
In twelve cases of calvities juvenis, five affect the head alone, four the eyebrows, the eyelids, and the face, together with the head, and three the entire body. The ages of these patients range from five years to forty-one ; five being under twenty,  ...
Sir Erasmus Wilson, 1868
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The Medical Times and Gazette
Kenchrias .... Miliaria. Kerion ..... Favus. Knidosis ..... Urticaria. Krithe ..... Hordeolum. Lepra ..... Vitiligo albida. Leuke Vitiligo Candida. Mailarotes .... Calvities. Idas ..... Vitiligo nigricans. balakros . . . . Calvities. Mvktainai .... Bulluhe. fCthJoil .
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Sixteenth century physician and his methods: Mercurialis on ...
BOOK ONE, CHAPTER FIVE ON CALVITIES ALVITIES, called by the Greeks " phalacrosis" or "ma- darosis," is simply the hair loss that occurs in old men. I say " old" because defluvium, which we discussed in Chapter Three, is also hair loss ...
Girolamo Mercuriale, Richard Lightburn Sutton, 1986
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The Study of Medicine
Hairs of the scalp of a natBal head. ural hue; gradually dyin at the bulbs, or loosened by a relaxation of the cutaneous texture. B Calvities. Hairs gray or hoary; baldBald crown. ness chiefly on the crown of the head ; and confined to the head.
John Mason Good, Samuel Cooper, Augustus Sidney Doane, 1835
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The Year Book of Dermatology and Syphilology
All men show mustache, beard, ear hairs and calvities frontalis after puberty. Beard, mustache, sternal hair, shoulder hair, baldness and calvities frontalis are seen about five or six times more often in males than females. External ear hair is 60 ...
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ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to ...
See end-of-life, death. hair: acomia, alopecia, alopeciaphobia, atrichia, calvities, canescent, canities, combover, depilous, dyschromia, elflock, glabrous, graybearded, hirsutulous, madarosis, pediculosis, peladophobia, phalacrophobia, ...
James L. Reynolds, MD, 2014
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A Treatise on Diseases of the Skin
One of the most interesting atrophies of the skin is the atrophy of the bulbs of the hair of the scalp, which always causes a falling out of the hair (calvities, alopecia) . It may be congenital, accidental or normal (senile). The former is rare; generally  ...
S. Lilienthal, 2002

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CALVITIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term calvities is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bruce Springsteen à plein coffre sur fond de crise
Avec tempes blanchissantes, calvities et ridules afférentes. La cohorte des vieux fans qui viennent chercher leur madeleine auprès du ... «Libération, Jun 12»
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Both Minn. spellers ousted in National Spelling Bee
During Wednesday's oral rounds Swoap, back for her third try at the title, spelled "calvities" and "mesmerize" correctly. Gunsbury correctly ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jun 11»

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