Piebald-skin


noun, Pathology.
1.
.
[vit-l-ahy-goh, -ee-goh] /ˌvɪt lˈaɪ goʊ, -ˈi goʊ/
noun, Pathology.
1.
a skin disorder characterized by smooth, white patches on various parts of the body, caused by the loss of the natural pigment.
/ˌvɪtɪˈlaɪɡəʊ/
noun
1.
another name for leucoderma
n.

1650s, from Latin vitiglio “a kind of cutaneous eruption, tetter.”

piebald skin pie·bald skin (pī’bôld’)
n.
See leukoderma.

vitiligo vit·i·li·go (vĭt’l-ī’gō, -ē’gō)
n. pl. vit·i·li·gos or vit·i·lig·i·nes (vĭt’l-ĭj’ə-nēz)
See leukoderma.

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