vitiligo
pronunciation
How to pronounce vitiligo in British English:
UK [ˌvɪtɪ'laɪgəʊ]
How to pronounce vitiligo in American English:
US [ˌvɪtə'laɪgoʊ]
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- Noun:
- an acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border)
Word Origin
- vitiligo (n.)
- 1650s, from Latin vitiglio "a kind of cutaneous eruption, tetter" (Celsus), perhaps with an original sense of "blemish," from PIE *wi-tu-, from root *wei- (3) "vice, fault, guilt" (see vice (n.1)).
Example
- 1. Jackson said he suffered from vitiligo , a condition that causes the skin to lose its pigment .
- 2. Emma had developed vitiligo , an incurable long-term disease that causes a disfiguring loss of skin colour .
- 3. Vitiligo harm and induce diffusion factors .
- 4. Which medication vitiligo is best ?
- 5. Where smelt vitiligo hunan curing regards ?