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  • noun offensive, ethnic slur A negro person

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  • noun (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person

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Examples

  • The result was the spread of a now ubiquitous, lanky hybrid of the American Populus deltoides and European Populus nigra, aka Poplar Hybrid 107.

    When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

  • The result was the spread of a now ubiquitous, lanky hybrid of the American Populus deltoides and European Populus nigra, aka Poplar Hybrid 107.

    When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

  • The result was the spread of a now ubiquitous, lanky hybrid of the American Populus deltoides and European Populus nigra, aka Poplar Hybrid 107.

    When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

  • Parkinson's disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the United States, is characterized by a loss of voluntary movement, the result of the death of neurons in an area of the brain known as the substantia nigra, which is involved in movement control.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Parkinson's disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the United States, is characterized by a loss of voluntary movement, the result of the death of neurons in an area of the brain known as the substantia nigra, which is involved in movement control.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Parkinson's disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the United States, is characterized by a loss of voluntary movement, the result of the death of neurons in an area of the brain known as the substantia nigra, which is involved in movement control.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Parkinson's disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the United States, is characterized by a loss of voluntary movement, the result of the death of neurons in an area of the brain known as the substantia nigra, which is involved in movement control.

    UCLA Newsroom: UCLA Newsroom 2010

  • Parkinson disease results from the death or loss of function of the nervous cells (neurons) in a brain area called substancia nigra, which is involved in the regulation of movement.

    Ciencia Hoje - Noticias 2009

  • Parkinson's disease is caused by a degeneration of dopamine neurons in an area of the midbrain known as the substantia nigra, which is responsible for dopamine production.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • Parkinson's disease is caused by a degeneration of dopamine neurons in an area of the midbrain known as the substantia nigra, which is responsible for dopamine production.

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  • We now know that Parkinson’s is associated with the loss of nerve cells in parts of the brain that help control movement, such as the substantia nigra.

    A dramatic rethink of Parkinson’s offers new hope for treatment Alexandra Thompson 2025

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