Eponychium
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɛpəʊˈnɪkɪəm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Eponychium is a noun meaning (anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
Meaning
(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
More Meanings
- (zoology, veterinary medicine) The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof.
Example Sentences
Every nail has a lunula, but some lunulas are short and remain hidden under the eponychium.
The eponychium overlies and protects the proximal portion of the nail and the germinal matrix.
The hooves are tipped with collagenous eponychia, which prevents damage to the amnion and beyond.
The nail is replaced to provide a physiologic dressing and to splint open the eponychium so that a new nail will grow in place.
Word Forms
- eponychia
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hyponychium, perionyx, paronychium, onychostroma, epiphloeum, cuticle.
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