unguis
(ŭng′gwĭs)
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pl. ungues [L., nail]
1. A fingernail or toenail.
SYN: SEE: onyx
2. The lacrimal bone.
3. A white prominence on the floor of the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle.
SYN: SEE: hippocampus minor
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Unguis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/771252/all/unguis.
Unguis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/771252/all/unguis. Accessed January 29, 2025.
Unguis. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/771252/all/unguis
Unguis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2025 January 29]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/771252/all/unguis.
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