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Mesel vs Vitiligo - What's the difference?

mesel | vitiligo |

In obsolete terms the difference between mesel and vitiligo

is that mesel is leprosy while vitiligo is alphos, a form of leprosy.

As an adjective mesel

is having leprosy; leprous.

mesel

English

Alternative forms

* mesell, mysel

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Having leprosy; leprous.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A leper.
  • (obsolete) A wretched or revolting person.
  • * 1395 , (John Wycliffe), Bible , Isaiah LIII:
    • Verily he suffride oure sikenesses, and he bar oure sorewis; and we arettiden him as a mysel and smytun of God and maad low.
  • (obsolete) Leprosy.
  • * 1485 , (Thomas Malory), Le Morte Darthur , Book XVII:
    • So hit befelle many yerys agone there happened on her a malodye, and whan she had lyene a grete whyle she felle unto a mesell , and no leche cowde remedye her [...].
    ----

    vitiligo

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The patchy loss of skin pigmentation.
  • (obsolete) Alphos, a form of leprosy.

    • Synonyms

    * (patchy loss of pigmentation) leucoderma

    Derived terms

    * vitiligous

    See also

    * (wikipedia "vitiligo")