Usually means: Hard, protective layer on nails.
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  1. nail-plate, nail plate: Wordnik
  2. nail plate: Wiktionary
  3. nail plate: Dictionary.com
  4. Nail plate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. nail plate: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Nail plate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Nail plate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. nail plate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. nail plate: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (nail plate)

noun:  (anatomy) The hard, exposed portion of a fingernail or toenail, made of translucent keratin protein.
noun:  Iron in the form of plates, from which cut nails are made.

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