lingua nigra


lingua

 [ling´gwah] (L.) tongue.lingua geogra´phica geographic tongue.lingua ni´gra black tongue.

black tongue

1. in canines, a disorder associated with a deficency of nicotinic acid. 2. black to yellowish-brown discoloration of the dorsum of the tongue due to staining by exogenous material such as the components of tobacco; usually superimposed on hairy tongue. Synonym(s): black hairy tongue, lingua nigra, melanoglossia, nigrities linguae

lingua nigra

(1) Black tongue, see there.
(2) Black hairy tongue, see there.

black tongue

(blak tŭng) Black to yellowish-brown discoloration of the dorsum of the tongue due to staining by exogenous material such as the components of tobacco or the use of broad spectrum antibiotics; usually superimposed on hairy tongue.
Synonym(s): black hairy tongue, lingua nigra, melanoglossia.

black tongue

(blak tŭng) Discoloration of the dorsum of the tongue due to staining by exogenous material such as the components of tobacco; usually superimposed on hairy tongue.
Synonym(s): lingua nigra.