Author: Glossary

Abnormal brittleness and splitting of the nails. Split or brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges giving a rough appearance to the surface of the nail plate.  

Dropping off of the nails.  

Painful degeneration of the nail with hypertrophy.    

An accumulation of horny layers of epidermis under the toenail.  

Any disease of the nails.  

A genetic disease involving ectodermal and mesodermal tissues. The nails and patellae may be absent; other bones and joints are affected.  

Abnormal overgrowth of the nails with inward curvature.  

A device used for making a record of capillary pulse under the fingernails.  

Any maldevelopment of a nail.