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hangnail

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hangnail /hang·nail/ (hang´nal) a shred of eponychium on a proximal or lateral nail fold.
hang·nail (hngnl)
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.
hangnail
excessive growth and cracking of the cuticle on the feet of elephants.


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Although I was skeptical that a couple of tiny threads of fabric stuck on a hangnail of the victim's hand would really warrant such a suspicion; but maybe that's just me.
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Yes, he seems to have a remarkable ability to escape certain-death situations with barely a hangnail.
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amp;ldquo;I want to spot problems early because a hangnail in first-year corn can turn into a raging infection in second-year corn,” Hathaway says.
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