Nigrification

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of making black. uncountable

    "the physical disquisition concerning the nigrification of the rete mucosa in blacks"

Etymology

From Latin nigrificare (“to blacken”), from niger (“black”) + -ficare (“to make”, in comparative). See -fy.

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