Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hangnail

1 sense of hangnail

Sense 1
hangnail, agnail -- (a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected)
       => skin, tegument, cutis -- (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body")