Cosmo 51A

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Beau's lines	Sometimes called furrow or corrugations visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate; usually a result of major illness or injury that ha traumatized the body.
Eggshell nails	Noticeably thin, white nail plates that are more flexible than normal and can curve over the free edge.
Hang nail-Eponychium	A condition in which the living tissue surrounding the nail plate splits or tears. Eponychium-living skin at the base of the natural nail plate that covers the matrix area.
koilonychia	Soft spoon nails with a concave shape that appear scooped out.
Leukonychia Spots	Also known as white spots; whitish discolorations of the nails, usually caused by injury to the matrix area; not related to the body's health or vitamin deficiencies
Melanonychia	Darkening of the fingernails or toenails; may be seen as a black band within the nail plates, extending from the base to the free edge.
Nail Pteygium	Abnormal condition that occurs when the skin is stretched by the nail plate; usually caused by serious injury, such as burn, or an adverse skin reaction to chemical nail enhancement products.
Onychauxis	Thickening of nails
Onychia	inflammation of the nail matrix followed by shedding of the natural nail.
Onychocryptosis	Also known as ingrown nails; nail grows into the sides of the tissues around the nail.
Onycholysis	Lifting of the nail plate from the nail bed without shedding, usually beginning at the free edge and continuing toward the lunula area.
Onychomycosis	Fungal infection of the natural nail plate
Onychophagy	Also known as bitten nails; results of a habit of chewing the nail or chewing the hardened skin surrounding the nail plates.
Onychorrhexis	Split or brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges giving a rough appearance to the surface of the nail plate.
Paronychia	Bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail. Redness, pus, and swelling are usually seen in the skin fold adjacent to the nail plate.
Plicatured nail	Also known as folded nail; a type of highly curved nail usually caused by injury to the matrix, but may be inherited.
Ridges	Vertical lines running through the length of the natural nail plate that are caused by uneven growth of the nails, usually the result of normal aging.
Pincer nail	Also known as trumpet nail; increased crosswise curvature throughout the nail plate caused by an increased curvature of the matrix. The edges of the nail plates may curl around to form the shape of a trumpet or sharp cone at the free edge.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Common bacteria that can lead to a bacterial infection that appears as a green, yellow, or black discoloration on the nail bed.
Pyogenic Granuloma	Severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate.
Splinter Hemorrhage	Hemorrhage caused by trauma or injury to the nail bed that damages the capillaries and allow small amounts of blood flow.
Tinea Pedis	Also known as athlete's foot; medical term for fungal infection of the feet; red, itchy rash of the skin on the bottom of the feet and/or in between the toes, usually found between the fourth and fifth toe.

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