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Vitiligo vs Eczema - What's the difference?

vitiligo | eczema |

As nouns the difference between vitiligo and eczema

is that vitiligo is vitiligo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation) while eczema is eczema.

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")

    eczema

    English

    (wikipedia eczema)

    Noun

  • An acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly. It is noncontagious.

    • Hypernyms

    * dermatitis

    Derived terms

    * eczematic * eczematous