bourreletn.
/bʊrəˈleɪ/ A ridge-like excrescence.
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1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 477/2 The ridge or ‘bourrelet’ at the upper margin of the wall answers to the posterior nail-wall.
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