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lunule of nail

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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) ]

Synonyms: nail lunule, lunula unguis, lunula

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UBERON:0011190

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Lunule of nail, lunule of nail