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| Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate. |
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| Condition in which a blood clot forms under the nail plate, forming a dark purplish spot, usually due to injury. |
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| Wavy ridges caused by uneven nail growth; usually result of illness or injury. |
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| Noticeably thin, white nail plate that is more flexible than normal. |
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| Depressions in the nail that run either lenghthwise or across the nail; result from illness, injury, stress, or pregnancy. |
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| Condition in which the eponychium or other living tissue surrounding the nail plate becomes split or torn. |
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| Redness, pain, swelling or pus; refer to physician. |
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| whitish discoloration of the nails,usually caused by injury to the matrix area; white spots. |
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| Darkening of fingernails or toenails;may be seen as a black band under or within the nail plate, extending from the base to the free edge. |
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| Condition caused by an injury or disease of the nail unit. |
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| Surface of nail plate appears rough and pitted, reddish spots, onycholysis. |
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| Abnormal conditions that occurs when the skin is stretched by the nail plate; usually caused by serious injury or allergic reaction. |
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| Atrophy or wasting away of the nail; caused by injury or disease. |
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| Overgrowth in thickness of the nail; caused by local infection, internal inbalance, or may be hereditary. |
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| Inflammation of the nail matrix with shedding of the nail. |
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| Thickening and increased curvature of the nail. |
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| Loosening of the nail without shedding. |
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| The separation and falling off of a nail from the nail bed; can occur on fingernails and toenails. |
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| Fungal infection of the natural nail plate. |
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| Growth of horny epithelium in the nail bed. |
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| Periodic shedding of one or more nail. |
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| Split or brittle nails that also have a series of lengthhwise ridges giving a rough appearance to the surface of the nail plate. |
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| Any deformity disease os the natural nails. |
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| Bacterial inflammation of the tissues around the nail; pus, thickening, and brownish discoloration of the nail plate. |
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| A type of highly curved nail plate often caused by injury to the matrix, but may be inherited; also called "folded nail". |
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| One of several common bacteria that can cause nail infection. |
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| Foward growth of the cuticle. |
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| Severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate. |
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| Vertical lines running the length of the natural nail plate, usually result of aging. |
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| Increased crosswise curvature throghout the nail plate. |
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| Medical term for fungal infections of the feet. |
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| Reddened patches of small blisters; slight or severe itching. |
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| Whitish patches on the nail that can be scraped off or long yellowish streaks within the nail substance. |
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| Trumpet Nails(pincer nails) |
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| Edges of the nail plate curl around to form the shape of a trumpet or cone around the free edge. |
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