(n.) the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.
(n.) The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
(n.) The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
(n.) A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them.
(a.) A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard.
(n.) To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.
(n.) To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
(n.) To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap.
(n.) To spike, as a cannon.
Example Sentences:
(1) Since fingernail creatinine (Ncr) reflects serum creatinine (Scr) at the time of nail formation, it has been suggested that Ncr level might represent that of Scr around 4 months previously.
(2) This article describes a number of syndromes affecting the nail unit.
(3) Ender nails as well as three forms of interlocking nails, Brooker-Wills (B-W), Klenm-Schellman (K-S), and Grosse-Kempf (G-K), were implanted in cadaver femora.
(4) In the end, the emails from citizen scientists nailed the timing: “looks like it started maybe December 2015”; the severity: “I’ve seen dieback before, but not like this”; and the cause: “guessing it may be the consequence of the four-year drought”.
(5) Impairments of hearing, of mobility, of cutting toe-nails and of general physical activity were the conditions which were most frequently named.
(6) All nine injuries had antibiotic prophylaxis before and after nail removal.
(7) But I'm starting with the job that I can do something about right now – scrabbling around on the floor, picking up three-inch nails and cigarette butts so that the new four-year-olds will have somewhere safe to play at break.
(8) A case is reported of a male infant with congenital palmoplantar keratoderma and nail dystrophy who developed progressive perioral and perineal keratoderma.
(9) Although the nail changes and systemic complications are probably due to different causes in drug-induced YNS, a careful search for systemic complications are necessary in patients who develop nail changes.
(10) Similar cultures from ten additional patients who underwent nail surgery were also performed.
(11) It constitutes an alternative to Ender nailing, screw-plate, and nail-plate.
(12) Fragments of nail keratin removed with tweezers from patients suffering from alopecia areata were examined using light microscopy and electron microscopy.
(13) It's an anxious time for those 180,000 teenagers chasing the last university places in clearing ; nails are bitten to the quick, eyes glazed from internet searching.
(14) The phenol and alcohol procedure still remains as one of the most effective and gratifying means of treatment for symptomatic ingrown nails.
(15) High level of Ge content was detected from the hair and nail by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry.
(16) Yellow nail syndrome is characterized by a yellow discolouration of the nails associated with idiopathic lymphoedema and pleuropulmonary manifestations.
(17) I drive past buildings that I know, or assume, to house bedsits, their stucco peeling like eczema, their window frames rattling like old bones, and I cannot help myself from picturing the scene within: a dubious pot on an equally dubious single ring, the female in charge of it half-heartedly stirring its contents at the same time as she files her nails, reads an old Vogue, or chats to some distant parent on the telephone.
(18) Median strain values of reamed only and polyacetal-nailed femora ranged from 67 to 90 percent of the intact side.
(19) Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority and minority leaders, held two lengthy meetings on Monday in an attempt to nail down terms of a possible compromise.
(20) One hundred patients were treated with the Rydell four-flanged nail and 100 with the Gouffon pins.
Nailbed
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Finger tip injuries, while often minor and self-healing in children, may require surgical repair if the nailbed is disrupted or if there has been significant skin or pad loss from the tip.
(2) Thermometry, thermography, digital plethysmography under hot and cold conditions, videomicroscopy of the nailbed, percutaneous PO2 and laser-doppler tests measure functional parameters, the hemodynamic significance of which require discussion.
(3) Fingertip reconstruction using a dorsal transposition flap was performed on 10 patients who had undergone traumatic oblique amputation (radial or ulnar) through the middle of the nailbed or transversely through the proximal third of the nailbed.
(4) Surgery is directed toward total tumor resection with preservation of the nailbed to achieve normal nail growth.
(5) In vascular diseases of the elderly there are typical alterations of the capillaroscopic findings in the bulbar conjunctiva and in the nailbed, particularly in cases of arteriosclerosis, arterial hypertension, diabetic microangiopathy, heart failure, ischemic myocardiopathies.
(6) With the help of an example of a nailbed transplantation after a complete amputation of a finger end, a possibility of reconstruction of injured fingertips, especially of the nailbed, is shown.
(7) In comparison to those diabetic patients with normal cardiovascular tone, those with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy had reduced laser Doppler flow at the pulp 15 min after cold water immersion (p less than 0.05), at the nailbed immediately after cold water immersion (p less than 0.01), and at the palms immediately after warm water challenge (p less than 0.01).
(8) Minor nailbed abnormalities were frequently observed and three patients presented with major capillary dystrophy.
(9) We conclude that it is the severity of the original injury and the accuracy of the primary repair of the nailbed which are the main determinants of the outcome of a nailbed injury.
(10) Injuries of the fingertip and nailbed require treatment to minimize pain, speed healing, and shorten the time of functional impairment.
(11) The most likely explanation for the persistent onycholysis is work related pressure anoxia of the nailbed.
(12) Examinations of microcirculation and hemorrheology in the nailbed revealed improvements by NFP, which were conducive to the recovery of pneumonia.
(13) The nasal septum, nailbed, and finger pad were similar in degrees of vessel reactivity.
(14) Subungual squamous cell carcinoma of a nailbed secondary to chronic nail biting occurred in a 37-year-old man.
(15) Whole free vascularized toenail transfers for reconstruction of congenital and traumatic nailbed defects achieve excellent aesthetic results while maintaining normal hand function.
(16) A composite graft from the second toe placed beneath the released nailbed gives good support and improved pulp substance.
(17) The vasoactivity of the vessels of the earlobe, nailbed, finger pad, and nasal septum was investigated in 11 human subjects to determine the suitability of these sites for use in indirect oximetry.
(18) On admission, she had cyanotic lips and nailbeds but no clubbed finger.
(19) Studies on microcirculation in the elderly include observations in the small vessels of the bulbar conjunctiva and of the nailbed with respect to a classification of the findings according to a number of semeiologic criteria (diameter and shape alterations, terminal capillary network, intravascular red cell aggregation).
(20) For injuries with a substantial subungual hematoma or a displaced phalangeal fracture, optimal treatment requires removal of the nailplate, reduction of the fracture, and meticulous repair of the nailbed.