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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

指甲损伤

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhǐjiǎ sǔnshāng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Nail-injury/ˈneɪl ˈɪn.dʒər.i/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #45000 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"搬运重物时要小心,防止发生指甲损伤。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Physical trauma or damage sustained by the fingernail or toenail, including the surrounding nail bed and matrix.

    "He sustained a painful nail-injury when a heavy box dropped on his foot."
  2. 2

    Medical conditions resulting from crushing, tearing, or piercing of the nail structures.

    "The emergency physician treated the severe nail-injury by relieving the subungual hematoma."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English 'nægl' (meaning fingernail, toenail, or metal spike) combined with the Middle English 'injury', which stems from the Latin 'iniuria' meaning wrong, injustice, or physical damage. The compound functions as a specialized medical and descriptive term denoting trauma to the nail plate or nail bed.

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