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Lingua Villosa Nigra, also known as Black Hairy Tongue, is a benign oral condition characterized by an abnormal coating on the dorsal surface of the tongue due to elongation and discoloration of the filiform papillae. It is a descriptive, legacy term; the modern preferred term is Black Hairy Tongue.
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