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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun 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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  • noun anatomy cuticle (thickened layer of skin on fingernails and toenails)

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