| NOUN | body | agnail, hangnail | a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail |
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| Meaning | A loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected. | |
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| Synonym | hangnail | |
| Broader | skin, tegument, cutis | A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch |
| Spanish | agnail, padrastro, repelón | |
| Catalan | agnail, rebaixinc, repeló | |
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