See Also: lingua nigra(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
nigra(dictionary)
Nigra(medicine)
lingua(medicine)
lingua(dictionary)
Lingua(health)
pityriasis nigra(medicine)
cataracta nigra(medicine)
cardiopathia nigra(medicine)

lingua nigra (medicine)


lingua nigra -->
black tongue


In canines, a disorder associated with a deficency of nicotinic acid.

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: lingua nigra, melanoglossia, nigrities linguae.