Meanings
nounvitiligo (usually uncountable, plural vitiligos)
plural vitiligos
- uncountableusuallydermatologyThe 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, →ISSNSynonyms: leucoderma
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe patchy loss of skin pigmentation.
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Origin
- Latinvitilīgō
- Latinvitilīgō
- Englishvitiligo
Learned borrowing from Latin vitilīgō.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بُهَاق
- بُهَاق (buhāq)patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Basque bitiligo
- bitiligopatchy loss of skin pigmentation
Bengali শ্বেতী রোগ
- শ্বেতী রোগ (śeti rōg)patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Bulgarian витилиго
- витилиго (vitiligo)patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Catalan vitiligen
- vitiligenpatchy loss of skin pigmentation
Chinese Mandarin 白癜風 /白癜风
- 白癜風 /白癜风 (báidiànfēng)patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Finnish valkopälvi
- valkopälvipatchy loss of skin pigmentation
French vitiligo
- vitiligopatchy loss of skin pigmentation
German Vitiligo, Weißfleckenkrankheit
- Vitiligopatchy loss of skin pigmentation
- Weißfleckenkrankheitpatchy loss of skin pigmentation
Greek λεύκη
- λεύκη (léfki)patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Hebrew בַּהֶרֶת
- בַּהֶרֶת (bahéret)patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Hindi सफ़ेद दाग़, श्वित्र
- सफ़ेद दाग़ (safed dāġ)patchy loss of skin pigmentation
- श्वित्र (śvitra)patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Hungarian vitiligo
- vitiligopatchy loss of skin pigmentation
Italian vitiligine
- vitiliginepatchy loss of skin pigmentation
Japanese 白斑, 白癜
- 白斑 (hakuhan)patchy loss of skin pigmentation
- 白癜 (shironamazu)patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Korean 백납병, 백반
- 백납병 (baengnapbyeong)patchy loss of skin pigmentation
- 백반 (baekban)patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Latin vitiligo
- vitiligopatchy loss of skin pigmentation
Māori kirihoko
- kirihokopatchy loss of skin pigmentation
Persian پیسی
- پیسی (pisi)patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Polish bielactwo
- bielactwopatchy loss of skin pigmentation
Portuguese vitiligo
- vitiligopatchy loss of skin pigmentation
Romanian vitiligo
- vitiligopatchy loss of skin pigmentation
Russian витили́го
- витили́го (vitilígo)patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Spanish vitiligo, vitíligo
- vitiligopatchy loss of skin pigmentation
- vitíligopatchy loss of skin pigmentation
Swedish vitiligo
- vitiligopatchy loss of skin pigmentation
Turkish alaca hastalığı, baras
- alaca hastalığıpatchy loss of skin pigmentation
- baraspatchy loss of skin pigmentation
- abraşpatchy loss of skin pigmentation
Ukrainian вітилі́го
- вітилі́го (vitylího)patchy loss of skin pigmentation
Vietnamese bạch biến
- bạch biếnpatchy loss of skin pigmentation
Welsh fitiligo
- fitiligopatchy loss of skin pigmentation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with vitiligo
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“vitiligo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vitiligo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vitiligo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vitiligo.
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