See Also: erythrasma(dictionary)
Erythrasma(health)
erythrasma(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
lingua(dictionary)
lingua(medicine)
Lingua(health)
lingua geographica(medicine)
lingua frenata(medicine)
lingua nigra(medicine)

lingua nigra (medicine) and Erythrasma (health)


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.


Erythrasma (health)


A chronic superficial slowly spreading skin infection, especially in the folds of the body and webs between the toes, caused by a bacterium called Corynebacterium minutissimum. Erythrasma most often affects adults, especially those with diabetes, and people in the tropics.