VITILIGO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

disease of the skin; skin disease; skin disorder (a disease affecting the skin)

Meronyms (parts of "vitiligo"):

hypopigmentation (unusual lack of skin color)

Derivation:

vitiliginous (of or relating to or having vitiligo)

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