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The pale half-moon-shaped region at every nail root, which is generally most easily seen in the thumbnail is called.

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Answer: Lunula

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The lunula, or lunulae (pl.) (from Latin 'little moon'), is the crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail. In humans, it appears by week 14 of gestation, and has a primary structural role in defining the free edge of the distal nail plate (the part of the nail that grows outward).

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