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EPONYCHIUM
Etymology
Noun
eponychium (plural eponychia)
(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
(zoology, veterinary medicine) 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.
Usage notes
• (layer of skin): Sometimes confused with cuticle. Properly, the cuticle is a layer of dead skin connecting the eponychium to the nail and forming a seal. The eponychium is living tissue.
Synonyms
• (layer of skin): medial nail fold, proximal nail fold
Source: Wiktionary
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LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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