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Uberon Ontology

lunule of nail

Term ID
UBERON:0011190
Synonyms
  • lunula
Definition
A crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail. The lunula is the visible part of the nail matrix (i.e. the root of the nail). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/unula_(anatomy)
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