English Explanatory Dictionary

linea nigra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

linea nigra

Etymology

Latin linea + nigra, "black line".

Synonyms

pregnancy line
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