Dictionary

vitiligo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌvɪtɪˈlaɪɡəʊ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vitilīgō.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) 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 September 4, Rich Cohen, “Learning to Live With Vitiligo”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
2. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) Alphos, a form of leprosy.

Forms

Deriveds

vitiligous

Relateds

vice#Related_terms

Synonyms

leucoderma

Translations (44)

mi kirihoko (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · cmn 白癜風 /白癜风 (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · fa پیسی (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · ckb بەڵەکی (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · hi सफ़ेद दाग़ (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · uk вітилі́го (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · de Weißfleckenkrankheit (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · ro vitiligo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · sv vitiligo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · tr alaca hastalığı (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · ko 백납병 (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · ru витили́го (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · kk ақтаңдақ (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · ca vitiligen (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · hu vitiligo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · ko 백반 (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · el λεύκη (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · txb świtär (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · bg витилиго (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · it vitiligine (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · de Vitiligo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · ja 白斑 (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · kn ತೊನ್ನು (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · hi श्वित्र (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · la vitiligo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · tr baras (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · az ala (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · tr abraş (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · eu bitiligo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · cy fitiligo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · es vitiligo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · he בַּהֶרֶת (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · ug ئاق كېسەل (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · fi valkopälvi (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · pl bielactwo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · ug بەرەس (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · fr vitiligo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · ar بُهَاق (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · bn শ্বেতী রোগ (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · ml വെള്ളപ്പാണ്ട് (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · ja 白癜 (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · pt vitiligo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · vi bạch biến (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) · es vitíligo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation)