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Definition of Lunula
1. Noun. The crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail.
2. Noun. A crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age.
Definition of Lunula
1. n. Same as Lunule.
Definition of Lunula
1. Noun. Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lunula
1. a small crescent-shaped structure [n -LAE] : LUNULAR, LUNULATE [adj]
Medical Definition of Lunula
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Origin: L, prop, a little moon. See Lunule.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunula
Literary usage of Lunula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Diseases of the Skin by Hugo Ziemssen (1885)
"... those which run through its middle from the middle, and the undermost from
the anterior portion of its floor, which terminates with the lunula. ..."
2. A Monograph of the British Fossil Crustacea, Belonging to the Order Merostomata by Henry Woodward (1878)
"... lunula of Eichwald, and a new species, which he names B. rugosus; also two
new genera allied to ..."
3. Cutaneous Medicine: A Systematic Treatise on the Diseases of the Skin by Louis Adolphus Duhring (1895)
"The lunula is only in part the macroscopic expression of the matrix of the nail.
... The difference in color of the lunula and the nail-bed is due to the ..."
4. Microscopy for Beginners: Or, Common Objects from the Ponds and Ditches by Alfred Cheatham Stokes (1887)
"... longitudinal bands; chlorophyl globules numerous ; vacuoles near the ends;
cell very large. C. lunula, Fig. 25. Fig. 25. ..."
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