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Caucasian or Caucasoid: see race race, one of the group of populations regarded as constituting humanity. The differences that have historically determined the classification into races are predominantly physical aspects of appearance that are generally hereditary. ..... Click the link for more information. . Caucasian, Caucasic 1. a member of the Caucasoid race; a white man 2. a native or inhabitant of Caucasia 3. any of three possibly related families of languages spoken in the Caucasus: North-West Caucasian, including Circassian and Abkhaz, North-East Caucasian, including Avar, and South Caucasian including Georgian |
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The results from this study showed that walking was popular among all races and Caucasians favored motor boating, Hispanics favored hiking and African Americans favored outdoor team sports. Rates of melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer, continue to climb, more than tripling in Caucasians between 1980 and 2002, according to the American Cancer Society. However, the majority of those studies have focused on two groups: Caucasians and African Americans. |
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