| unguis aduncus | A toenail, one edge of which is overgrown by the nailfold, producing a pyogenic granuloma; due to faulty trimming of the toenails or pressure from a tight shoe. Synonym: ingrowing toenail, onychocryptosis, onyxis, unguis aduncus, unguis incarnatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| unguis avis | The lower of two elevations on the medial wall of the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle of the brain, caused by the depth of the calcarine sulcus. Synonym: Haller's unguis, hippocampus minor, minor hippocampus, Morand's spur, unguis avis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unguis incarnatus | A toenail, one edge of which is overgrown by the nailfold, producing a pyogenic granuloma; due to faulty trimming of the toenails or pressure from a tight shoe. Synonym: ingrowing toenail, onychocryptosis, onyxis, unguis aduncus, unguis incarnatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ungula | Origin: L, a claw, hoof, from unguis a nail, claw, hoof. 1. A hoof, claw, or talon. 2. <geometry> A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse. 3. <botany> Same as Unguis. <geometry> Spherical ungula, a part of a sphere bounded by two planes intersecting in a diameter and by a line of the surface of the sphere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ungular | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to a hoof, claw, or talon; ungual. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ungulata | <zoology> An extensive group of mammals including all those that have hoofs. It comprises the Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla. Origin: NL, fr. L. Ungula hoof. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ungulate | 1. Shaped like a hoof. 2. <zoology> Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail. Origin: L. Ungulatus. See Ungula. <zoology> Any hoofed quadruped; one of the Ungulata. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| unguligrade | <zoology> Having, or walking on, hoofs. Origin: L. Ungula hoof + gradi to walk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ungulous | <zoology> Same as Ungulate. See: Ungula. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |