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HYPOPIGMENTATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unusual lack of skin color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hypopigmentation" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hypopigmentation"):

albinism (the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair)

Holonyms ("hypopigmentation" is a part of...):

leukoderma (a congenital skin condition characterized by spots or bands of unpigmented skin)

vitiligo (an acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border))

Antonym:

hyperpigmentation (unusual darkening of the skin)

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