See Also: keratogenous(medicine)
keratogenous membrane(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
corrective(medicine)
corrective(dictionary)
corrective 1, adjective(dictionary)
corrective 2, noun(dictionary)
orthodontics, corrective(medicine)
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corrective emotional experience(medicine)

keratogenous membrane (medicine) and corrective (medicine)


keratogenous membrane (medicine)


keratogenous membrane -->
nail bed


The area of the corium on which the nail rests; it is extremely sensitive and presents numerous longitudinal ridges on its surface. According to some anatomists, the nail bed is the portion covered by the body of the nail, the nail matrix being only the part on which the root of the nail rests.

Synonym: matrix unguis, keratogenous membrane, nail matrix, onychostroma.


corrective (medicine)


corrective


1. Counteracting, modifying, or changing what is injurious.

2. A drug that modifies or corrects an undesirable or injurious effect of another drug.

Synonym: corrigent.

Origin: L. Cor-rigo (conr-), pp. -rectus, to set right, fr. Rego, to keep straight