Is there a word for the white semicircle area on the nail?

I am not native speaker


who can tell me what it is called in English?


TKSIs there a word for the white semicircle area on the nail?
the lunula or nail moon





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunula_(ana鈥?/a>Is there a word for the white semicircle area on the nail?
Anatomy of a healthy fingernail.


Lunula. - The lunula is the whitish, half-moon shape at the base of your nail underneath the plate.
Lunula.