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onychodermal bands

onychodermal bands is the plural of onychodermal band.

Meaning of onychodermal band

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

Questions about onychodermal bands

What is onychodermal bands the plural of?
Onychodermal bands is the plural of onychodermal band.

Words near onychodermal bands in the dictionary

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

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