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noun
The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, veterinary, zoology
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + ὀνῠ́χιον (onŭ́khion, “little claw”, diminutive of ὄνυξ (ónux)).
Across languages
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