2. Noun. (plural of calvity) ¹
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Definition of Calvities
1. [n CALVITIES]
Medical Definition of Calvities
1. Synonym: alopecia. Origin: L. Fr. Calvus, bald (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calvities
Literary usage of Calvities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On diseases of the skin: A System of Cutaneous Medicine by Erasmus Wilson (1868)
"ALOPECIA CALVA, or calvities, requires to be distinguished by the addition of
the word "juvenis," to avoid its confusion with ..."
2. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1908)
"These are summed up in the statements that according to Sabouraud there is a
special microbe responsible for oily seborrhoea and for calvities, ..."
3. The study of medicine by John Mason Good, Samuel Cooper (1829)
"/3 calvities. Hairs gray or hoary: bald- Bald-crown. ness chiefly on the crown
of the head; and confined to the head. Mostly common to advanced age. y ..."
4. A Text-book of Practical Medicine: With Particular Reference to Physiology by Felix von Niemeyer (1883)
"Baldness arising from atrophy of the hair-bulbs is called calvities, or calvities
senilis, from its liability to occur in old per ..."
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