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VITILIGO
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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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