nailbed

See also: nail bed

English

Alternative forms

• nail bed

Etymology

nail +‎ bed

Noun

nailbed (plural nailbeds)

1. (medicine, anatomy) The area underneath a nail in a human or other mammal.
   • 2002, Meg Brown & Virginia Richardson, Rabbitlopaedia‎^[1], →ISBN, page 95:

     On close inspection one of the nails will be found to be damaged, often with the nailbed exposed.

Synonyms

• quick

Related terms

• clawbed

Translations

area underneath a nail

• Hungarian: körömágy (hu)
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See also

• subungual
• nailbed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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