eponychium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof.

/ɛpəʊˈnɪkɪəm/ /ˌɛpəˈnɪkiəm/

eponychium eponychia

From Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + ὀνῠ́χιον (onŭ́khion, “little claw”, diminutive of ὄνυξ (ónux)).

medial nail fold proximal nail fold

eponychial hyponychium paronychium perionychium nail fold

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