A condition in which the skin turns white due to the loss of pigment from the melanocytes, cells that produce the pigment melanin that gives the skin color. In vitiligo, the melanocytes are destroyed, leaving depigmented patches of skin. The hair that grows in areas affected by vitiligo may also turn white. The skin is not otherwise damaged. People [..]

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, gu [..]

A skin condition characterized by sharply defined white patches that contain no skin color (pigment).

A disorder consisting of areas of macular depigmentation, commonly on extensor aspects of extremities, on the Face or neck, and in Skin folds. Age of Onset is often in young adulthood and the conditio [..]

A disorder consisting of areas of macular depigmentation, commonly on extensor aspects of extremities, on the face or neck, and in skin folds. Age of onset is often in young adulthood and the conditio [..]

Loss of pigment at small or large areas of skin/hairs. This is due to melanin failure caused by damaged melanocytes. This damage or destruction is thought to be associated with an immune system reaction, or genetic defect. The progress of the disease is unpredictable. Approx. 2% of the population is affected.

vitiligo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) German|vitiligo|2010|July|de

White patches on the skin due to loss of pigment.