Definitions
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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Examples
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The superficial, horny part of the nail consists of a greatly thickened stratum lucidum, the stratum corneum forming merely the thin cuticular fold (eponychium) which overlaps the lunula; the deeper part consists of the stratum mucosum.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 2. The Common Integument 1918
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Cuticle-A thin, transparent layer of skin shed by the eponychium.
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Cuticle-A thin, transparent layer of skin shed by the eponychium.
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Cuticle-A thin, transparent layer of skin shed by the eponychium.
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This extra growth of eponychium is generally freed and pushed back during a manicure.
XYHD.tv 2008
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This extra growth of eponychium is generally freed and pushed back during a manicure.
XYHD.tv 2008
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