vitiligo

Etymology

From Latin vitilīgō.

noun

  1. (dermatology) 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! 2015-09-04, Rich Cohen, “Learning to Live With Vitiligo”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. (obsolete) Alphos, a form of leprosy.

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