Definition of Eponychium

1. Noun. (anatomy) cuticle (thickened layer of skin on fingernails and toenails) ¹

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Medical Definition of Eponychium

1. 1. The thin, condensed, eleidin-rich layer of epidermis which procedes and initially covers the nail plate in the embryo. It normally degenerates by the eighth month except at the nail base where it remains as the cuticle of the nail. 2. The corneal layer of epidermis overlapping and in direct contact with the nail root proximally or the sides of the nail plate laterally, forming the undersurface of the nail wall or nail folds of nail. Synonym: hidden nail skin, perionychium. 3. The thin skin adherent to the nail at its proximal portion. Synonym: epionychium. Origin: G. Epi, upon, + onyx (onych-), nail (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eponychium

epocha
epochal
epochally
epochas
epoche
epochs
epode
epodes
epodic
epoetin
epoetin alfa
epoetins
epogen
epomania
eponychia
eponychium (current term)
eponym
eponymic
eponymically
eponymies
eponymist
eponymists
eponymize
eponymous
eponymously
eponyms
eponymy
epopea

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