Medical Definition of Hidden nail skin

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 Hidden Nail Skin

hidalga
hidalgas
hidalgo
hidalgoes
hidalgoite
hidalgos
hidate
hidation
hidato
hidatos
hidden
hidden agenda
hidden agendas
hidden camera
hidden in plain sight
hidden nail skin (current term)
hidden part
hidden reserve
hidden tax
hidden variable
hiddenite
hiddenites
hiddenly
hiddenness
hiddennesses
hidder
hidders
hiddle
hide
hide-and-go-seek

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