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Nails

Medical Definition: The thin, horny plates that cover the dorsal surfaces of the distal phlanges of the fingers and toes of primates.
Guide Notes: primates only: use HOOF AND CLAW for other vertebrates: Manual 21.58; /abnorm permitted but consider NAILS, MALFORMED
Also Called: Fingernails,Toenails

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