An acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border)

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The patchy loss of skin pigmentation. 2 (context obsolete English) alphos, a form of leprosy.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Vitiligo is a long term skin condition characterized by patches of the skin losing their pigment . The patches of skin affected become white and usually have sharp margins. The hair from the skin may also becomes white. Inside the mouth and nose may also ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vitiligo \Vit`i*li"go\, n. [L., a kind of tetter, fr. vitium blemish, vice.] (Med.) A rare skin disease consisting in the development of smooth, milk-white spots upon various parts of the body.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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)).