eponychium
Cross-section showing eponychium, labelled
Meaning
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.
Related
Similar words
- medial nail fold, proximal nail fold
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