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Meaning of "canities" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CANITIES

canities  [kəˈnɪʃɪiːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CANITIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Canities 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 CANITIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

canities

Human hair color

Hair color is the pigmentation of hair follicles due to two types of melanin: eumelanin and pheomelanin. Generally, if more eumelanin is present, the color of the hair is darker; if less eumelanin is present, the hair is lighter. Levels of melanin can vary over time causing a person's hair color to change, and it is possible to have hair follicles of more than one color. Particular hair colors are associated with ethnic groups. The shades of human hair color are assessed using the Fischer–Saller scale. The Fischer–Saller scale, named after Eugen Fischer and Karl Saller, is used in physical anthropology and medicine to determine the shades of hair color. The scale uses the following designations: A, B to E, F to L, M to O, P to T, U to Y and Roman numerals I to IV and V to VI. See also the Martin–Schultz scale for eye color.

Definition of canities in the English dictionary

The definition of canities in the dictionary is greyness or whiteness of hair.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CANITIES


Antilles
ænˈtɪliːz
bases
ˈbeɪsiːz
Chinese
tʃaɪˈniːz
classes
ˈklæsiːz
colluvies
kəˈljuː vɪiːz
dieses
ˈdaɪəsiːz
disease
dɪˈziːz
ease
iːz
expertise
ˌɛkspɜːˈtiːz
he´s
hiːz
Japanese
ˌdʒæpəˈniːz
keys
kiːz
mise
miːz
please
pliːz
Portuguese
ˌpɔːtjʊˈɡiːz
series
ˈsɪəriːz
she´s
ʃiːz
species
ˈspiːʃiːz
tales
ˈteɪliːz
these
ðiːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CANITIES

canicular
canid
canikin
canine
canine corps
canine distemper
canine parvovirus
caning
caninity
Canis Major
Canis Majoris
Canis Minor
Canis Minoris
canistel
canister
canister shot
canisterisation
canisterise
canisterization
canker

WORDS THAT END LIKE CANITIES

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 canities in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «canities» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CANITIES

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

Translator English - Chinese

canities
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

canicie
570 millions of speakers

English

canities
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

canities
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поседение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

canities
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

canities
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

canitie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Makam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Canities
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

しらが
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

canities
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Canities
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

canities
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலைமுடி நரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यंगचित्रे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

canitiesin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

canities
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

canities
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

посивіння
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

canities
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

canities
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

canities
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

canities
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

canities
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of canities

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CANITIES»

The term «canities» is used very little and occupies the 156.462 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of canities
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «canities».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CANITIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «canities» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «canities» 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 canities

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CANITIES»

Discover the use of canities in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to canities and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Milady's Standard Cosmetology 2008
CANITIES Canities (kah-NISH-ee-eez) is the technical term for gray hair. Canities results from the loss of the hair's natural melanin pigment. Other than the absence of pigment, gray hair is exactly the same as pigmented hair. The two types of ...
Milady, 2007
2
Hair in Toxicology: An Important Bio-monitor
3.7.5. Can. Canities. Serve. as. a. Marker. for. Disease? Although controversial, there is some suggestive evidence that graying may be a marker for general health status. Cigarette smoking has been linked with premature gray and even hair ...
Desmond John Tobin, 2005
3
Hair Growth and Disorders
Moreover, residual hair bulb melanocytes in canities-affected hair follicles are often hypertrophic (Fig. 4.6c), although this may reflect a reduction in dendricity rather than an overall increase in cell volume. Moreover, melanosomes are often  ...
Ulrike Blume-Peytavi, David A. Whiting, Ralph M. Trüeb, 2008
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Dermatology
There are several different types of canities. Physiologic Canities. Almost every individual eventually develops canities. The age of onset varies markedly, from the early 205 to the 6os or even 705. The average age of onset is in the 405.
Otto Braun-Falco, 2000
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Vitiligo
Hair greying is also known as canities, a word derived from the Latin word canus = white. Although hair greying and whitening are the most obvious signs of ageing in humans, the aetiology of this hair manifestation is largely unknown.
Mauro Picardo, Alain Taïeb, 2010
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Aging Hair
9.8. Histopathology. of. Hair. Graying. (Canities). At its simplest, the gray hair follicles have markedly reduced numbers of differentiated and functioning hair bulb melanocytes, whereas the white hair bulb may have none at all. The focus here is ...
Ralph M. Trüeb, Desmond Tobin, 2010
7
Journal of Cutaneous Diseases Including Syphilis
CANITIES. BY QEORGE THOMAS JACKSON, M.D., Attending Physician to the Demilt Dispensary, Department of the Skin, etc. SYNONYMS : — Trichonosis cana; Trichonosis discolor; Poliothrix; Poliosis; Trichonosis poliosis; Trichosis poliosis ...
8
Milady Standard Cosmetology 2012
Canities results from the loss of the hair's natural melanin An unwanted side effect of chemotherapy or radiation cancer treatments is abnormal hair loss. Look Good . . . feel better® (LGfb) is a free, global public service program founded in ...
Milady, 2011
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Milady's Standard Professional Barbering.
Hair disorders are usually non-contagious conditions and include disorders such as canities, hypertrichosis, trichoptilosis, trichorrhexis nodosa, monilethrix, and fragilitas crinium. ° Canities (kah-NISH-ee-eez) is the technical term for gray hair.
Maura T. Scali-Sheahan
10
Milady's Standard Professional Barbering
Hair disorders are usually non-contagious conditions and include disorders such as canities, hypertrichosis, trichoptilosis, trichorrhexis nodosa, monilethrix, and fragilitas crinium. ° Canities (kah-NISH-ee-eez) is the technical term for gray hair.
Milady, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CANITIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term canities is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Obama aging at same pace as rest of us, research finds
Playing off the term for graying of the hair, he titled the work, “Yes We Canities! A quantitative analysis of the graying of Barack Obama's hair.”. «Fox 59, Dec 14»
2
Live and let dye
Canities is the medical term and it is a genetic condition. The increasing numbers definitely points to a multi-factorial etiology of lifestyle, diet ... «The Hindu, Dec 14»
3
National Skin Hospital organises Special Skin campaign for children …
The skin disorders like Canities (premature greying of hair), Acne, Pigmentary changes, Hirsutism in young girls(hair growth over unwanted ... «Times of India, Nov 14»
4
'Electric Venom' Makes an Accurate Insecticide
The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, details how a toxin extracted from the desert bush spider Diguetia canities affects ... «Nature World News, Jul 14»
5
Take steps to stop your hair from going gray
It's very likely that at some point everyone will develop canities — the technical term for gray hair. The bad news is that there's no proven way to ... «Metro.us, May 14»
6
Can Stress Turn Your Hair Grey Overnight?
The belief that nervous shock can cause you to go grey overnight (medically termed canities subita) is one of those tales which could nearly be ... «Lifehacker Australia, Feb 13»
7
Spelling Bee Retro Blog!
Her word is canities, which is “grayness or whiteness of the hair.” When she asks for it in a sentence, Bailly has a witty one prepared: “When ... «Grantland, Jun 12»
8
Snigdha Nandipati Spells 'Guetapens' to Win the National Spelling …
Jordan Hoffman from Kansas City was the first finalist eliminated - for misspelling "canities." In the 10 th round, Arvind Mahankali grabbed third ... «ABC News, May 12»
9
Gray Hair 101
Graying of the hair, also called canities, is caused by a lack of pigmentation and melanin. Initially, all people have white hair. Your natural hair ... «Truth In Aging, Feb 11»
10
Dr Vijay Aswani talks about about skin, hair care and cosmetology …
Greying of hair (canities) is usually a manifestation of the ageing process. This may be genetically programmed to occur as early as ... «HealthJockey.com, Oct 09»

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