cuticle
noun/ˈkjuːtɪkl/
/ˈkjuːtɪkl/
- an area of hard skin at the base of the nails on the fingers and toesTopics Bodyc2Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting a membrane of the body): from Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis ‘skin’.
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