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nailbeds

nailbeds is the plural of nailbed.

Meaning of nailbed

Noun

nailbed (plural nailbeds)

  1. The area underneath a nail in a human or other mammal.
    • On close inspection one of the nails will be found to be damaged, often with the nailbed exposed.2002, Meg Brown, Virginia Richardson, Rabbitlopaedia, →ISBN, page 95
    Synonyms:
    quick

Questions about nailbeds

What is nailbeds the plural of?
Nailbeds is the plural of nailbed.

Words near nailbeds in the dictionary

  1. nailability
  2. nailable
  3. nailbat
  4. nailbats
  5. nailbed
  6. nailbeds
  7. nailbiter
  8. nailbiters
  9. nailbiting
  10. nailbomb
  11. nailbomber

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