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Examples of hangnail
hangnail
The foot was last seen with five toes, a hangnail and matching set of bunions.
From the denverpost.com
Last year, I hoped that the telecast would be canceled because of a hangnail.
From the ocregister.com
If Tom Brady had a hangnail, never would any of the guys question Tom Brady.
From the post-gazette.com
She looked back at him steadily for a bit, smoking the cigarette, chewing a hangnail.
From the npr.org
The reality of life is not events but a hangnail, or waiting for dinner.
From the boston.com
In other words, it doesn't matter what you have, stage IV pancreatic cancer or a hangnail.
From the scienceblogs.com
Microsurgery is really cool, but you don't need it to fix a hangnail.
From the washingtonpost.com
When you've got gangrene, it's hard to worry about a hangnail.
From the fresnobee.com
It makes me nauseous and I'm always afraid the cotton or carpet fibers will catch on a hangnail.
From the al.com
- A loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected
- A hangnail or agnail is a small, torn piece of skin near a fingernail or toenail. Unlike whitlows, hangnails are usually caused by dry skin or (in the case of fingernails) nail biting, and may be prevented with proper moisturization of the skin.
- The Hangnail is a 1999 animated short film made by Shane Acker for Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation. To date, it is Acker's only traditionally animated film. The short was distributed worldwide by AtomFilms.
- A loose, narrow strip of nail tissue protruding from the side edge and anchored near the base of a fingernail or toenail; A pointed upper corner of the toenail (often created by improperly trimming by rounding the corner) that, as the nail grows, presses into the flesh or protrudes so that it ...
- What you hang your coat on.
- A small loose flap of skin next to a nail plate.
