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canities /ca·ni·ti·es/ (kah-nish´e-ēz) grayness or whiteness of the scalp hair.
canities [kanish′i·ēz] loss of pigment, as in the graying of hair or the appearance of white streaks in the nails. canities grayness of the hair. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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At 892 B, Montaigne cites these three verses of Juvenal 3 (lines 26-28): "Dum nova canities, dum prima et recta senectus, I dum superest Lachesi quad torqueat et pedibus me / porto meis, nullo dextram subeunte bacillo. In the laboratory, Wood and his colleagues have also tested the polyhedrindeleted virus loaded with a toxin gene from the Diguetia canities spider. |
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