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Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 3 Oct. 2024
Your fingernails and toenails are translucent (colorless) because the nail matrix—the area at the base of nails responsible for growing nails—usually contains dormant melanocytes that do not produce pigment.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 10 Oct. 2024
Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
Most often, tea tree oil is used to treat athlete's foot, toenail fungal infections, and acne.
—Sherri Gordon, Verywell Health, 16 Feb. 2024
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Noun
Real Monsters Channel: Nickelodeon Years on TV: 1994-1997 Fun Fact: The monsters live in a New York City garbage dump, and use toenails as currency.
—Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 3 Oct. 2024
Your fingernails and toenails are translucent (colorless) because the nail matrix—the area at the base of nails responsible for growing nails—usually contains dormant melanocytes that do not produce pigment.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 10 Oct. 2024
Verb
In April 2021, Walker’s great-granddaughter, Brandi Faison, came by to give her Nannie a pedicure and was startled by the sight of her feet — hardened, yellow and cracking, with thick, curling toenails three to four times their normal length.
—Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
Most often, tea tree oil is used to treat athlete's foot, toenail fungal infections, and acne.
—Sherri Gordon, Verywell Health, 16 Feb. 2024
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“Toenail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toenail. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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toenail
noun
toe·nail
ˈtō-ˌnāl, -ˈnā(ə)l 
: a nail of a toe
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