"substantia nigra" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: substantiae nigrae [plural], substantia nigras [plural]
Etymology: Scientific Latin, from substantia (“substance”) + nigra (“black”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|substantia||substance}} substantia (“substance”), {{m|la|nigra||black}} nigra (“black”) Head templates: {{en-noun|substantiae nigrae|s}} substantia nigra (plural substantiae nigrae or substantia nigras)
  1. (anatomy) A brain structure located in the mesencephalon (midbrain) that plays an important role in reward, addiction, and movement, damage to which occurs in Parkinson's and Parkinsonian patients. Wikipedia link: substantia nigra Categories (topical): Anatomy, Brain Synonyms: SN Meronyms (midbrain brain structure): pars compacta, pars reticulata Translations (brain structure): مَادَّة سَوْدَاء (alt: mādda(t) sawdāʔ) [feminine] (Arabic), 黑質 (Chinese Mandarin), 黑质 (hēizhì) (Chinese Mandarin), mustatumake (Finnish), substantia nigra [feminine] (French), Substantia nigra [feminine] (German), 黒質 (kokushitsu) (alt: こくしつ) (Japanese), substantia nigra [feminine] (Latin), чёрная субста́нция (čórnaja substáncija) [feminine] (Russian), siyah madde (Turkish), kara madde (Turkish)

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