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1. (n.) hangnail
a small piece of partly detached skin at the side or base of the fingernail.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME angenayle corn, OE angnægl=ang+nægl callus, nail ; modern h- by assoc. with hang)
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1. (noun) hangnail, agnail
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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1. (noun) hangnail
a small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail
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