vitligo

Noun

vitiligo (usually uncountable, plural vitiligos)

1. (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

   Synonyms:

   leucoderma

2. (obsolete, usually) Alphos, a form of leprosy.