Vitiligo vs Albino - What's the difference?
vitiligo | albino |
congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism
(countable) A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism.
As nouns the difference between vitiligo and albino
is that vitiligo is vitiligo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) while albino is .vitiligo
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Synonyms
* (patchy loss of pigmentation) leucodermaDerived terms
* vitiligousSee also
* (wikipedia "vitiligo")albino
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Adjective
(-)Usage notes
* The term is considered offensive by some (when used as a term for human beings); "albinistic" is a possible alternative.albinism.org* The term is not comparative: one either has albinism (a recessive genetic trait) or does not. While the effects'' of albinism may be more marked in some individuals, this does not make those individuals "more albino" than others. To the extent that it could be comparable, perhaps in metaphoric usage, the comparatives would be ''more/most/less/least albino'' (not *''albinoer'', *''albinest , etc).
