Barber Vocab Ch 20 Word Scramble
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cuticle | toughened skin around the base of the nail |
free edge | part of the nail plate that extends over the top of the finger |
hangnails | condition in which the cuticle splits around the nail |
leukonychia | condition of white spots on the nails due to air bubbles, bruising, or injury to the nail |
lunula | half-moon shape at the base of the nail |
melanonychia | darkening of the nail due to increased and localized pigment in the matrix bed |
nail | an appendage of the skin; horny protective plate at the end of the finger or toe |
nail bed | portion of the skin on which the nail plate rests |
nail folds | folds of normal skin around the nail plate |
nail plate | horny plate resting on and attached to the nail bed |
nail root or matrix bed | where the nail is formed |
onyx | technical term for nail |
onychatrophia | wasting away of the nail |
onychauxis | thick overgrowth of the nail |
onychia | inflammation of the matrix with pus, redness, swelling, and shedding of the nail |
onychocryptosis | ingrown nails |
onycholysis | loosening of the nail without shedding |
onychomadesis | the separation and falling off of the nail from the nail bed |
onychophagy | bitten nails |
onychoptosis | shedding of one of more nails, in hole or in part |
onychorrhexis | abnormal brittleness of the nail plate |
onychosis | technical term applied to any deformity or disease of the nail |
paronychia | bacterial infection of the tissures surrounding the nail |
pterygium | forward growth of the cuticle with adherence to the nail surface |
pyrogenic granuloma | severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate |
tinea unguium | ringworm of the nail |
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