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Record 1 2018-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

A type of grayness or whiteness of the hair which is hereditary.

CONT

Congenital canities exists at or before birth. It occurs in albinos and occasionally in persons with perfectly normal hair.

OBS

congenital canities: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Coiffure
CONT

La canitie congénitale ou leucotrichie est une des manifestations de l'albinisme (les mélanocytes sont en nombre normal, mais il existe une inactivité génétique de la tyrosinase, qui est indispensable pour la synthèse de la mélanine).

CONT

La canitie congénitale [...] est une anomalie due à l'absence de mélanine. [...] C'est un phénomène héréditaire.

OBS

canitie congénitale; leucotrichie : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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