LOCUS NIGER as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a layer of deeply pigmented gray matter in the midbrain
   • associated with the striate body
   • is involved in metabolic disturbances associated with Parkinson’’s disease and with Huntington’’s disease
   Synonym(s)
   • nucleus niger (what does nucleus niger mean?)
   • substantia nigra (what does substantia nigra mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) locus niger is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • neural structure (what does neural structure mean?)