n
(medicine) Loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers, whether natural or caused by disease.
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One who suffers from alopecia.
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A rare complication of entamoeba histolytica, where in response to the infecting amoeba there is formation of annular colonic granulation, which results in a large local lesion of the bowel.
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(medicine) The absence of nails.
adj
(medicine, rare) Hairless (as the palm of the hand).
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A condition in which the end of the thumb is widened and flattened, the nail plate is flattened, and the distal phalanx is abnormally short.
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A child who has epidermolysis bullosa.
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(rare) The medical treatment of the hair or of baldness.
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An abnormality in colour of the nail plate and/or subungual tissues, sometimes induced by antineoplastic drugs.
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A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.
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(psychiatry) A mental disorder characterized by the urge to pick at one's own skin.
adj
Afflicted with elephantiasis.
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(medicine) Related to the deeper layers of nails.
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(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
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(medicine, archaic) A soft, bright red, pointed or tufted tumor found around the genitals, often massed into large groups. It is a variety of condyloma.
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(medicine) A condition characterized by softened nails.
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excessive growth of the nails
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(anatomy) The thickened epithelium beneath a nail or claw.
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A deformity of the nails characterized by concavity of the outer surface
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(medicine) White discoloration of the nails.
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A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
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Synonym of onychomycosis
n
pain in the nails or claws.
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(medicine) The surgical removal of a fingernail or toenail.
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An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.
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(medicine) ingrowing toenail
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(anatomy) A fine, pallid, translucent band at the junction of the distal nail bed and hyponychium.
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(medicine) Dystrophic changes in nails, such as deformations, malformations or discolourations.
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(dermatology) A hypertrophy or excess growth of the nails.
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(medicine) Related to, or characterised by onychogryphosis.
n
thickening and curvature of the nails
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(medicine) the study of fingernails and toenails
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(medicine) The loosening or separation of a fingernail or toenail from its bed
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Periodic idiopathic shedding of the nails beginning at their proximal ends, possibly caused by the temporary arrest of the function of the nail matrix.
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Fungal infection of the nail, especially the toenail.
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The study of diseases of the nails.
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A disease of the fingernails or toenails.
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(psychopathology) Compulsive biting of one's nails
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the habit of biting one's nails
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Synonym of onychomadesis
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(pathology) fingernail and toenail brittleness and breakage, such as may be due to excessive strong soap and water exposure, nail polish remover, hypothyroidism, anemia, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, or after oral retinoid therapy.
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(pathology) A condition where the nails split into layers.
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Synonym of onychoschisis
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(pathology) Any disease or disorder of the fingernails or toenails.
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(anatomy) The matrix or sensitive tissue of the finger, forming the bed of the nail.
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A compulsion for picking and tearing at one's fingernails or toenails.
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Alternative form of onychitis [Synonym of onychia]
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Abnormal thickening of the nails.
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(medicine) An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.
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superficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails.
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(medicine) A nervous tic resembling masturbation, consisting of constant pulling of the penis.
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(anatomy) The epidermis bordering a nail.
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An uncontrollable impulse to pick at a spot or growth on one's body; the habit of picking at scabs, biting one's nails, or picking pimples.
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(medicine, obsolete) A kind of large blister.
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The presence of extra nails on the fingers or toes
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(psychiatry) Compulsive nose-picking, insertion of finger into one's nose.
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The presence of calluses on the knuckles or back of the hand, caused by contact with the incisors during self-induced vomiting, generally a sign of an eating disorder.
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Nails affected by trachonychia.
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Having or relating to scrofula.
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(archaic) A dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm.
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(medicine, archaic) gangrene
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(medicine) gangrene; slough
adj
(medicine) scrofulous; having struma
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Infection of a fingernail or toenail.
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A condition in which rough accentuated linear ridges develop on the nails.
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Alternative form of trachonychia [A condition in which rough accentuated linear ridges develop on the nails.]
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(pathology) A brittle condition of the hair.
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schizotrichia; split ends
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Alternative form of trichorrhexis [brittleness of the hair]
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trichoclasis, especially where the cuticle is locally absent at the site of fracture
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A medical disorder where someone compulsively pulls their own hair out.
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(medicine) Nutrition of the hair.
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(surgery) The surgical removal of a fingernail or toenail.
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A lesion caused by molluscum contagiosum.
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An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.
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(medicine) A rare condition characterized by pleural effusions, lymphedema, and yellowish dystrophic nails.
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