Usually means: Tissue underneath and supports nails.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word nail bed:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. nail bed: Merriam-Webster
  2. nail bed: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nail bed: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nail bed: Wiktionary
  5. nail bed: Dictionary.com
  6. Nail bed (nail), Nail bed: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. nail bed: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nail bed: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nail bed: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. nail bed: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Nail bed: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Nail bed)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of nailbed [(medicine, anatomy) The area underneath a nail in a human or other mammal.]

Similar:
finger nail, nailpolish, nailbiting, hand-nail, nailfile, nail-file, foot-pad, nail-biter, nailbiter, nailgun, more...

Opposite:
cuticle, nail plate, nail matrix

Types:
matrix, hyponychium, eponychium, nail fold, lunula, more...

Phrases:
nail bed infection, more...

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Similar:
finger nail, nailpolish, nailbiting, hand-nail, nailfile, nail-file, foot-pad, nail-biter, nailbiter, nailgun, more...

Opposite:
cuticle, nail plate, nail matrix

Types:
matrix, hyponychium, eponychium, nail fold, lunula, more...

Phrases:
nail bed infection, more...



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