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onychodermal band

onychodermal band noun: a fine, pallid, translucent band at the junction of the distal nail bed and hyponychium.

Noun

onychodermal band (plural onychodermal bands)

  1. A fine, pallid, translucent band at the junction of the distal nail bed and hyponychium.
    • Pressure using the point of a pencil on the nail plate applied over the lunula will blanch all but the distal pink band of the onychodermal band.2012, Robert Baran, Baran and Dawber's Diseases of the Nails and their Management

Forms of onychodermal band

pluralonychodermal bands

Questions about onychodermal band

What does onychodermal band mean?
Onychodermal band means a fine, pallid, translucent band at the junction of the distal nail bed and hyponychium.
What part of speech is onychodermal band?
Onychodermal band is a noun.
What is the plural of onychodermal band?
The plural of onychodermal band is onychodermal bands.

Words near onychodermal band in the dictionary

  1. onychiurids
  2. onycho-
  3. onychochilid
  4. onychochilids
  5. onychocryptosis
  6. onychodermal band
  7. onychodermal bands
  8. onychodont
  9. onychodontid
  10. onychodontids
  11. onychodonts

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