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unguis
1. A nail of a human finger or toe, a claw of a toed animal, a bird's talon.
2. A horny keratin structure that covers the dorsal aspect of the terminal phalanx of each digit; a nail.
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matrix unguis
The area of the corium (dermis) on which the nail rests.

It is extremely sensitive and presents numerous longitudinal ridges on its surface.

According to some anatomists, the nail bed is the portion covered by the body of the nail, the nail matrix being only the part on which the root of the nail rests.

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unguis incarnatus
An ingrown nail.

A toenail, one edge of which is overgrown by the nail-fold, producing a pyogenic granuloma (small rounded mass of tissue); resulting from a faulty trimming of the toenails or pressure from a tight shoe.

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vallecula unguis, sulcus matricis unguis
The cutaneous furrow in which the lateral border of the nail is situated.
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