vitiligo

noun
/ˌvɪtɪˈlaɪɡəʊ/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vitilīgō.

  1. learned borrowing from vitilīgō

Definitions

  1. 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!
  2. Alphos, a form of leprosy.

The neighborhood

Derived

vitiligous

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for vitiligo. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA