Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, whiteness or grayness of the hair.
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- noun obsolete
gray hair
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Examples
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Marry whilst thou mayst, donec viventi canities abest morosa, whilst thou art yet able, yet lusty, [5958] Elige cui dicas, tu mihi sola places, make thy choice, and that freely forthwith, make no delay, but take thy fortune as it falls.
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In the family of both parents there was stated to be congenital premature canities, and some white hairs had been observed even in childhood.
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` ` In the Canada Journal of Medical Science, 1882, p. 113, is reported a case of sudden canities due to business-worry.
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Prentiss, in Science, October 3, 1890, has collected numerous instances of sudden canities, several of which will be given: --
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He closes his brief communication on the subject with the belief that it is quite possible for black hair to turn white in one night or even in a less time, although Hebra and Kaposi discredit sudden canities (Duhring).
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Dewees 6.61 reports a case of puerperal convulsions in a patient under his care which was attended with sudden canities.
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Rayer quotes cases of canities of the whole of one side of the body.
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Michelson of Königsberg describes a curious case in a barrister of twenty-three affected with partial canities.
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Voigtel mentions the occurrence of canities almost suddenly.
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Giovannini describes a case of canities unguium in a patient of twenty-nine, following an attack of typhoid fever.
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