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Nail Bed
Matrix Bed
Nail Plate (nail body)
Cuticular System
Specialized Ligaments
Nail Folds |
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| The loosing of the nail without shedding |
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| The separation and falling off of the nail from the nail bed |
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| Term applied to any deformity or disease of the nail |
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| Forward growth of the eponychium that adheres to the base of the nail (abnormal scaring) |
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| Bacterial infection that occurs between the natural nail plate and an enhancement |
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| Ringworm of the nail. Also known as onychomycosis |
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| The increased crosswise curvature of the nail plate, indicated by the increased crosswise curvature of the martix bed itself |
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Onychogryposis
Onychogryphosis |
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| The thickening and enlarged increased curvature of the nail. Also known as rams horn nail |
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| Folded nail. When the edges of the nail plat are folded at a 90 degree angle |
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| The severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the bed to the plate |
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| The inflammation of the matrix with the formation of pus |
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| The hypertrophy of the nail (overgrowth). When the nail grows thicker rather than longer |
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| When the edges of the nail plate curl around to form the shape of a trumpet or cone. |
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| Ringworm of the foot. Athlete's foot. |
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| The abnormal brittleness with striations (lines) on the nail plate |
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| The atrophy (wasting away) of the nail. |
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| Bacterial inflammation of the nail and the tissue surrounding the nail. Can be chronic or runaround |
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