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Manicurist's target
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cuticle
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates [syn: epidermis ] hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles [syn: carapace , shell ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; the epidermis. 2 The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail. 3 Dead or cornified epidermis. 4 (context zoology botany English) A noncellular protective covering outside ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The hair cuticle is the outermost part of the hair shaft . It is formed from dead cells, overlapping in layers, which form scales that gives the hair shaft strength and provide protection for it. Although the cuticle is the outermost layer of the hair, ...
Usage examples of cuticle.
A bruise may be distinguished from a post-mortem stain by the cuticle in the former often being abraded and raised.
The leaves of the Buttercup, when bruised and applied to the skin, produce a blistering of the outer cuticle, with a discharge of a watery fluid, and with heat, redness, and swelling.
It consists of two layers, termed the Cutis Vera, or true skin, and the Epidermis, or cuticle.
It is easily distinguished by the dull green pileus, being without a cuticle, and scaly in the form of patches.
The pustules contain serous lymph, which exudes if the cuticle be broken, and forms a crust at the summit of the pustule.
The unkempt, bespeckled individual sitting in the chair in the corner with his shoulders hunched was gnawing on his index finger cuticle as though it were going to be his last meal.
Max sat down again at the small manicurist table, then picked up an orangewood stick to push back her cuticles.
Knowing she was caught, Faith studied her cuticles and gave a pouty little yawn.
Our specimen was 5 inches broad, and the margin slightly striate, and when the cuticle was removed it was purplish underneath.
Excretory ducts uniting to form a tube which tortuously perforates the cuticle at 3, and opens obliquely on its surface at 4.
I was about to say I did too know about extremophiles, and even had my own experiment going with the UV-protective cuticle on frost flowers, but Dr.
Max sat down again at the small manicurist table, then picked up an orangewood stick to push back her cuticles.
It stuck out awkwardly, and Marghe had to wrestle it into the slick black plastic bag: she noticed that two fingernails were broken, that Foster had chewed her cuticles, that there was a pale band of skin around the wrist where she had worn her wristcom.
The Arab tipped his head onto his shoulder and grinned apologetically at Starr, who examined his cuticles with deep interest.
How came it that the wounds were so superficial that they barely went deeper than the cuticle, while devils are known to rend and tear demoniacs when leaving them, if it were not that the superior did not hate herself enough to inflict deep and dangerous wounds?