hangnail
Sign in to saveA hangnail is a small piece of skin or nail next to a fingernail or toenail. Hangnails are typically caused by having dry skin, trauma to the fingers, or ingrown nails.
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- Agnail, Stepmother's blessing
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- The bottom finger has a hangnail.
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- dermatology
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A hangnail is a small piece of skin or nail next to a fingernail or toenail. Hangnails are typically caused by having dry skin, trauma to the fingers, or ingrown nails.
Hangnails can become infected and cause paronychia, a type of skin infection that causes inflammation around the nails. Hangnails may also cause pain if pulled as they may remain attached to living skin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “hangnail” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.