Medical term:
hyponychium
hyponychium
[hi″po-nik´e-um]the thickened epidermis beneath the free distal end of the nail of a digit. adj., adj hyponych´ial.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
hy·po·nych·i·um
(hī'pō-nik'ē-ŭm), [TA]The epithelium of the nail bed, particularly its proximal part in the region of the nailroot and lunula, forming the nail matrix.
[hypo- + G. onyx, nail]
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hy·po·nych·i·um
(hī'pō-nik'ē-ŭm) [TA]The epithelium of the nail bed, particularly its proximal part in the region of the nail root and lunula, forming the nail matrix.
[hypo- + G. onyx, nail]
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