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extranigral

extranigral adjective: outside of the substantia nigra.

Adjective

extranigral (not comparable)

  1. Outside of the substantia nigra

Origin of extranigral

From extra- + nigral.

Questions about extranigral

What does extranigral mean?
Extranigral means outside of the substantia nigra.
What part of speech is extranigral?
Extranigral is an adjective.

Words near extranigral in the dictionary

  1. extraneurally
  2. extraneurological
  3. extraneuronal
  4. extraneuronally
  5. extranidal
  6. extranigral
  7. extranodal
  8. extranodular
  9. extranoematic
  10. extranormal
  11. extranotular

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