Reference meaning
eponychium
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The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
Other meanings
2. 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.
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