onychodermal band

noun

A fine, pallid, translucent band at the junction of the distal nail bed and hyponychium.

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Meanings

nounonychodermal band (plural onychodermal bands)

plural onychodermal bands

  1. anatomyA fine, pallid, translucent band at the junction of the distal nail bed and hyponychium.

    Pressure using the point of a pencil on the nail plate applied over the lunula will blanch all but the distal pink band of the onychodermal band.

    2012, Robert Baran, Baran and Dawber's Diseases of the Nails and their Management
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