ungual
Americanadjective
adjective
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of, relating to, or affecting the fingernails or toenails
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of or relating to an unguis
Other Word Forms
- subungual adjective
Etymology
Origin of ungual
1825–35; < Latin ungu ( is ) a nail, claw, hoof (akin to Greek ónyx ) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest This ungual claw from a theropod yielded structures which appear to be red blood cells.
From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2015
As just mentioned, Ostrom used pedal ungual shape, not the shape of the keratinous claws themselves.
From Scientific American • Dec. 18, 2012
The claws would have been impressive, the authors describing the ungual phalanges, or claws, on the hands as “extremely large” and robust, about 3.5cm long.
From Scientific American • Aug. 29, 2012
In some few cases the metatarso-phalangeal joint is affected; but no case has been seen at the base of the ungual phalanx.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Near the distal end of the proximal phalanx, the tendon passes between two thick bands of fibro-elastic tissue which insert also on the ungual phalanx.
From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.
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