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linea nigra

linea nigra noun: 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.

linea nigra: a dark vertical line, running up the abdomen from the pubis to the navel (though it sometimes runs...
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Noun

linea nigra

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    pregnancy line

linea nigra meaning in Tamil

linea nigra in Tamil

உரோம ராசி, கருங்கோடு

Synonyms of linea nigra

  • pregnancy line

Origin of linea nigra

Borrowed from Latin līnea nigra (literally “black line”).

Questions about linea nigra

What does linea nigra mean?
Linea nigra means 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.
What is linea nigra in Tamil?
Linea nigra in Tamil is உரோம ராசி, கருங்கோடு. See Linea nigra meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is linea nigra?
Linea nigra is a noun.

Words near linea nigra in the dictionary

  1. line-outs
  2. line-up
  3. line-ups
  4. linea
  5. linea alba
  6. linea nigra
  7. lineable
  8. lineactant
  9. lineactants
  10. lineae
  11. lineage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: linea nigra (page history and authors); linea nigra (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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