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sub·stan·tia ni·gra

npl  sub*stan*ti*ae ni*grae   :  a layer of deeply pigmented gray matter situated in the midbrain and containing the cell bodies of a tract of dopamine-producing nerve cells whose secretion tends to be deficient in Parkinson's disease .
 
   

 
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