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Nigra

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Nigra may refer to:

In technology:

In medicine:

  • Dermatosis papulosa nigra, a condition of many small, benign skin lesions on that face that closely simulate seborrheic keratoses, a condition generally presenting on dark-skinned individuals
  • Linea nigra, a dark vertical line that appears on the abdomen during pregnancy
  • Substantia nigra, a portion of the brain associated with dopamine production
  • Tinea nigra, a superficial fungal infection that causes dark brown to black painless patches on the soles of the hands and feet

In geography:

  • Castelnuovo Nigra, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont
  • Porta Nigra, a large Roman city gate in Trier, Germany
  • Rupes Nigra, a phantom island, was believed to be a 33-mile-wide magnetic island of black rock located at the Magnetic North Pole

In people:

  • Christina Nigra, an actress who performed in The Sword and the Sorcerer, Twilight Zone: The Movie, and Cloak & Dagger
  • Costantino Nigra, an Italian diplomatist

See also