eponychium

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This extra growth of eponychium is generally freed and pushed back during a manicure.

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  1. In embryology, a mass of hardened epidermis on the dorsal surface of the distal extremity of a phalanx of the embryo, preceding the formation of a true nail.

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  • This extra growth of eponychium is generally freed and pushed back during a manicure. —  XYHD.tv
 

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ἐπί, upon, + ὅνυξ (ὀνυχ-), nail: see onyx.
 

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