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noun
A dark vertical line, running up the abdomen from the pubis to the navel (though it sometimes runs further, to the top of the abdomen) that forms during pregnancy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: pregnancy line
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Latin līnea nigra (literally “black line”).
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