Agnail

/ˈæɡneɪl/ noun

A painful inflammation or infection around the edge of a fingernail or toenail, also called a hangnail.

From Old English agnail or angnail, possibly from ang- (pain) or from a misreading of 'angnail' (nail pain). The condition of painful tissue around the nail.

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