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HANGNAIL

\hˈaŋne͡ɪl], \hˈaŋne‍ɪl], \h_ˈa_ŋ_n_eɪ_l]\

Definitions of HANGNAIL

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science

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A small piece of skin growing the root of a finger nail.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A shred of cuticle about base of finger nails.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Skin partially torn loose near a finger-nail.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

(old Eng.) Agnail, (Prov.) Ang-nail, Stepmother's blessing, Wirt-springs, Nails-pring, Nang-nail, (F.) Envie. A portion of epidermis, detached so as to tear the integument in the vicinity of the finger nails.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

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