vitiligo
noun/ˌvɪtɪˈlaɪɡəʊ/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin vitilīgō.
1
Dermatology, Medicine, Sciences Usually The patchy loss of skin pigmentation.
- In the weeks that followed, I began to notice other people with vitiligo. On the streets, in the stores, in their cars. My God, they were everywhere!2015 September 4, Rich Cohen, “Learning to Live With Vitiligo”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
2
Obsolete, Usually Alphos, a form of leprosy.
- Derived terms
- vitiligous
- Related terms
- vice#Related_terms