Etymology

vitiligo

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Today it means: The patchy loss of skin pigmentation. Full definition →

Latin vitilīgō
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromvitilīgō
  2. Latin · learned borrowing fromvitilīgō
  3. English todayvitiligo

Learned borrowing from Latin vitilīgō.

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