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hang⋅nail

  [hang-neyl]
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–noun
a small piece of partly detached skin at the side or base of the fingernail.
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Origin:
1300–50; ME angenayle corn, OE angnægl, equiv. to ang- (var. of enge narrow, painful; c. G eng, see anger ) + nægl callus, nail; modern h- by assoc. with hang
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hang·nail   (hāng'nāl')   
n.  A small piece of dead skin at the side or the base of a fingernail that is partly detached from the rest of the skin.

[Alteration of agnail (influenced by hang).]
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Word Origin & History

hangnail 
1678, probably folk etymology from O.E. agnail "a corn on the foot," from PIE *angh- "tight, painfully constricted, painful."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: hang·nail
Pronunciation: 'ha[ng]-"nAl
Function: noun
: a bit of skin hanging loose at the side or root of a fingernail
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

hangnail hang·nail (hāng'nāl')
n.
A small piece of dead skin at the side or the base of a fingernail that is partly detached from the rest of the skin.

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