nail clipping
Snipped finger edge
A nail clipping is a small crescent-shaped piece of fingernail or toenail that's been cut off.
Usually plural: Nail clippings littered the bathroom floor.
The act itself is also called nail clipping: She does her nail clipping over the trash can.
- trimmingCutting away excess
- body partSection of human anatomy
- cuticleDead skin at nail base
- pedicureCosmetic toenail care
- scissorsPivoted twin-blade cutter
file · grooming · hangnail · nervous habit · keratin · sharp · sharp edge · crescent · flick · bathroom · snip · flying debris · growth · hygiene · parings · quick · polish · salon
- cutting taskshair cutting, paper cutting, fabric cutting, hedge trimming, ribbon cutting
- groomingbrushing teeth, clean shave, bathe, groomed, haircut
- fragmentsfragment, shard, splinter, shards, sliver
- passenger behaviorboarding, exiting, sitting, standing, waiting
- podiatryfoot doctor, chiropodist, plantar fasciitis, bunions, ingrown toenail
- skin examsvisual inspection, mole check, dermoscopy, skin cancer screening, spot check
discarded vs. retained bodily material
nail clippingliving tissue
Metabolically active cellular material
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