lunule of nail
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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- SCTID:300538005
- FMA:77858
- Wikipedia:unula_(anatomy)
- UMLS:C0221991 (ncithesaurus:Lunula)
- NCIT:C33025
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UBERON:0011190
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Lunule of nail, lunule of nail