Disorders of the Nails
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Crystal-Flame on September 23, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Blue nails (discolored nails) | Nails turn variety of colors; may indicate systemic disorder |
| Bruised nails | Dark purplish spots; usually due to injury |
| Corrugations | Wavy ridges caused by uneven nail growth; usually result of illness or injury |
| Eggshell nails | Noticeably thin white nail plate that is more flexible than normal; may be caused by diet, illness, or medication |
| Furrows | Depressions in the nail that run either lengthwise or across the nail; result from illness or injury, stress, or pregnancy |
| Hangnail (Agnail) | The cuiticle splits around the nail |
| Infected finger | Redness, pain, swelling or pus; refer to physician |
| Leukonychia (white spots) | Whitish discoloration of the nails; usually caused by injury to the base of the nail |
| Melanonychia | Darkening of the fingernails or toenails |
| Onychatrophia | Atrophy or wasting away of the nail; caused by injury or disease |
| Onychauxis (hypertrophy) | Overgrowth in thickness of the nail; caused by local infection, internal imbalance, or may be hereditary |
| Onychophagy | Bitten nails |
| Onychorrhexis | Abnormal brittleness with striation (lines) of the nail plate |
| Plicatured nails | Folded nails |
| Pterygium | Forward growth of the cuticle |
| Tile-shaped nails | Increased crosswise curvature throughout the nail plate |
| Trumpet nails (pincer nails) | Edges of the nail plate curl around to form the shape of a trumpet or a cone around the free edge |
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