linea nigra
linea nigra · linea nigras
linea nigra
A dark vertical line, running up the abdomen from the pubis to the navel that forms…A dark vertical line, running up the abdomen from the pubis to the navel (though it sometimes runs further, to the top of the abdomen) that forms during pregnancy.
Translations
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1 sensesA dark vertical line, running up the abdomen from the pubis to the navel (though it sometimes runs further, to the top of the abdomen) that forms during pregnancy.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin līnea nigra (literally “black line”).Borrowed from Latin līnea nigra (literally “black line”).
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