Usually means: Decomposing layer on earthworm skin.
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▸ noun:  (anatomy) The epidermis bordering a nail.

Similar:
hyponychium, eponychium, onychostroma, cuticle, paronychium, epiphloeum, onychodermal band, paraperigonium, ecteron, nail plate, more...

Opposite:
epimatrix, ectomatrix, exomatrix

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Similar:
hyponychium, eponychium, onychostroma, cuticle, paronychium, epiphloeum, onychodermal band, paraperigonium, ecteron, nail plate, more...

Opposite:
epimatrix, ectomatrix, exomatrix



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