vitiligo
[ vit-l-ahy-goh, -ee-goh ]
/ ˌvɪt lˈaɪ goʊ, -ˈi goʊ /
noun Pathology.
a skin disorder characterized by smooth, white patches on various parts of the body, caused by the loss of the natural pigment.
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Origin of vitiligo
1650–60; <Latin vitilīgō form of skin eruption, apparently equivalent to *vitil(is) defective (vit(ium) blemish + -ilis-ile) + -īgō noun suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM vitiligo
vit·i·lig·i·nous [vit-l-ij-uh-nuhs], /ˌvɪt lˈɪdʒ ə nəs/, adjectivevit·i·li·goid, adjectiveWords nearby vitiligo
vitiation, viticetum, viticulture, Viti Levu, vitiliginous, vitiligo, Vitim, Vito, Vitoria, Vitória de Conquista, vitrain
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Example sentences from the Web for vitiligo
Did he really have vitiligo or was he just bleaching his skin?
Vitiligo and lichens are deformities of the skin, but they are curable.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles CreightonIt is not to be confounded with vitiligo, chloasma, or the macular syphiloderm.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
British Dictionary definitions for vitiligo
Word Origin for vitiligo
C17: from Latin: a skin disease, probably from vitium a blemish
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Medical definitions for vitiligo
vitiligo
[ vĭt′l-ī′gō, -ē′gō ]
n. pl. vit•i•li•gos
leukoderma
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