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Paronychium
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Nail (anatomy).
Paronychium
The paronychium is the soft tissue border around the nail, and paronychia is an infection in this area. The paronychium is the skin that overlaps onto the sides of the nail plate, also known as the paronychial edge. The paronychium is the site of hangnails, ingrown nails, and paronychia, a skin infection.