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hypopigmentation

n. An abnormally reduced pigmentation

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hypopigmentation

n. unusual lack of skin color [ant: hyperpigmentation]

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Hypopigmentation

Hypopigmentation is the loss of skin color. It is caused by melanocyte or melanin depletion, or a decrease in the amino acid tyrosine, which is used by melanocytes to make melanin.