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noun a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected
originFrom Middle English agnail, from Old English angnægl, from ang- + nægl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.
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