Usually means: Graying of hair due to aging.
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  1. canities: Collins English Dictionary
  2. canities: Wordnik
  3. canities: Wiktionary
  4. canities: Dictionary.com
  5. canities: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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  1. canities: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. canities: Medical dictionary

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  1. canities: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (canities)

▸ noun:  (uncommon, medicine) The condition of having gray hair.

Similar:
grayishness, greyishness, calvities, cantiness, greyness, cationicity, hairedness, clientness, caseness, calvity, more...

Opposite:
juvenescence, youthfulness, vitality

Phrases:
rapid canities, Canities subita, more...

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Similar:
grayishness, greyishness, calvities, cantiness, greyness, cationicity, hairedness, clientness, caseness, calvity, more...

Opposite:
juvenescence, youthfulness, vitality

Phrases:
rapid canities, Canities subita, more...



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