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The Nail and Nail Disorders
Glossary
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Cosmetology
11th Grade
05/24/2011

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Beau' Lines
Definition
Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate
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Bruised nails
Definition
Condition in which a blood clot forms under the nail plate, forming a dark purplish spot, usually due to injury.
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Corrugations
Definition
Wavy ridges caused by uneven nail growth; usually result of illness or injury
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eggshell nails
Definition
Noticeably thin, white nail plate that is more flexible than normal
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Furrows
Definition
Deprerssions in the nail that run either lengthwise or across tha nail; result from illness, injury, stress or pregnancy.
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hangnail or agnail
Definition
Condition in which the eponychium or other living tissue surrounding the nail plate becomes split or torn
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infected finger
Definition
Redness, pain, swelling, or pus; refer to physician
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leukonychia spots
Definition
Whitish discoloration of the nails, usually caused by injury to the matrix area; white spots
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melanonychia
Definition
Darkening of the 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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nail disorder
Definition
condition caused by an injury or disease of the nail unit
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nail psoriasis
Definition
surface of nail plate appears rough and pitted, reddish spots, onycholysis
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pterygium
Definition
skin stretched by the nail plate
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onychaTROPHIA
Definition
atrophy or wasting away of the nail
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onychAUXIS (hypertrophy)
Definition
overgrowth in thickness of the nail
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onychia
Definition
inflammation of the nail matrix with shedding of the nail
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onychoCRYPTOSIS
Definition
ingrown nails
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onychoGRYPOSIS
Definition
thickening and increased curvature of the nail
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