#initial-load-header-loader { visibility: hidden!important; } #initial-load-content { visibility: visible!important; } .expandable .expandable-control { display: none!important; } .expandable .expandable-content { display: block!important; visibility: visible!important; max-height: none!important; height: auto!important; }

nail bed

|

noun

the dermis and epidermis under a fingernail or toenail.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for nail bed

Historical Examples of nail bed

They are developed over a modified portion of the corium known as the nail-bed.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot
Harry Caulton Reeks

nail bed in Medicine

nail bed

n.

The formative layer of cells at the base of the fingernail or toenail; the matrix.keratogenous membrane matrix unguis

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.