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AGNAIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does agnail mean?
• AGNAIL (noun)
The noun AGNAIL has 1 sense:
1. a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected
Familiarity information: AGNAIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
agnail; hangnail
Hypernyms ("agnail" is a kind of...):
cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)
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