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transungual

transungual adjective: through the nail plate.

Adjective

transungual (not comparable)

  1. Through the nail plate.
    • transungual drug delivery system

Origin of transungual

From trans- + ungual.

Questions about transungual

What does transungual mean?
Transungual means through the nail plate.
What part of speech is transungual?
Transungual is an adjective.

Words near transungual in the dictionary

  1. transumpt
  2. transumption
  3. transumptions
  4. transumptive
  5. transumpts
  6. transungual
  7. transuranic
  8. transuranics
  9. transuranium
  10. transuranium element
  11. transuranium elements

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