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Hangnail

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Noun

1. agnail, hangnail

a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hangnail

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noun
a piece of skin torn away from, but still attached to, the base or side of a fingernail

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Hangnail

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noun
a bit of torn skin hanging at the side or base of a fingernail

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hangnail

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n.
A small piece of dead skin at the side or the base of a fingernail that is partly detached from the rest of the skin.

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