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nailbed
nailbed
See also: nail bed
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Noun
nailbed (plural nailbeds)
- (medicine, anatomy) The area underneath a nail in a human or other mammal
- 2002, Meg Brown & Virginia Richardson, Rabbitlopaedia, ISBN 1860541828, page 95:
- On close inspection one of the nails will be found to be damaged, often with the nailbed exposed.
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