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Cosmotology Ch 10

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a condition by injury or disease of the nail unit   Nail disorder  
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condition in which blood clots from under the nail plate, causing a dark purplish color   Bruised nail  
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noticeably than, white nail plates than are more flexible than normal   Eggshell nail  
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visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate   Beau's lines  
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aka agnail; a condition in which the living skin around the nail plate splits or tears   Hangnails  
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aka white spots; whitish discolorations of the nails, usually caused by injury to the nail matrix   Leukonychia Spots  
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darkening of the finger or toe nail   Melanonychia  
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nails that turn a variety of colors, which may indicate surface staining, a systemic disorder, or poor blood circulation   Discolored nail  
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aka bitten nails; the results of a habit of chewing the nail or the hardened, damaged sain surrounding the nail   Onychophagy  
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split or brittle nails that have a series of length wise ridges giving a rough appearances to the surface of the nail plate   Oychorrhexis  
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aka folded nail; a type of highly curved nail plate usually caused by injury to the matrix, but it may be inherited   Pilactured nail  
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vertical lines running down the length of the natural nail plate that are caused by uneven growth of the nails, usually the result of normal aging   Ridges  
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an abnormal condition that occurs when the sinus stretched by the nail plate   Nail pterygium  
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caused by physical trauma or injury to the nail bed that damages the capillanes and allows small animals of blood to flow   Splinter hemorrhages  
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aka trumpet nails, increased crosswise curvature throughout the nail plate caused by an increase curvature of the matrix   Pincer nail  
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one of several common bacteria that can cause nail infection   Pseudomonas aeruginasa  
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any deformity or disease of the natural nail   onychosis  
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inflammation of the nail matrix, followed by shedding of the natural nail   onychia  
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aka ingrown nails, nail grows in the sides of the tissues around the nail   onychocryptosis  
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lifting of the nail plate from the nail bed without sheading, usually begging at the free edge and continuing forward to the lunula area   onycholysis  
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The separation and falling off of a nail plate from the nail bed, affects finger nails and toe nails   onychomadesis  
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condition that affects the surface of the natural nail plate causing tiny pins or severe roughness on the nail plate   nail psorisis  
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bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail   paronychia  
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serve inflammation of the nail in which a lamp of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate   pyogenic Granubma  
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medical term for fungal infection on the feet   tinea pedis  
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fungal infection of the natural nail plate a common form is whitish patches that can be scraped off the surface of the nail   onychomycosis  
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