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        | Nail Bed Matrix Bed
 Nail Plate (nail body)
 Cuticular System
 Specialized Ligaments
 Nail Folds
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        | The loosing of the nail without shedding |  | 
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        | The separation and falling off of the nail from the nail bed |  | 
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        | Term applied to any deformity or disease of the nail |  | 
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        | Forward growth of the eponychium that adheres to the base of the nail (abnormal scaring) |  | 
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        | Bacterial infection that occurs between the natural nail plate and an enhancement |  | 
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        | Ringworm of the nail.  Also known as onychomycosis |  | 
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        | The increased crosswise curvature of the nail plate, indicated by the increased crosswise curvature of the martix bed itself |  | 
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        | Onychogryposis Onychogryphosis
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        | The thickening and enlarged increased curvature of the nail. Also known as rams horn nail |  | 
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        | Folded nail. When the edges of the nail plat are folded at a 90 degree angle |  | 
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        | The severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the bed to the plate |  | 
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        | The inflammation of the matrix with the formation of pus |  | 
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        | The hypertrophy of the nail (overgrowth).  When the nail grows thicker rather than longer |  | 
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        | When the edges of the nail plate curl around to form the shape of a trumpet or cone. |  | 
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        | Ringworm of the foot.  Athlete's foot. |  | 
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        | The abnormal brittleness with striations (lines) on the nail plate |  | 
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        | The atrophy (wasting away) of the nail. |  | 
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        | Bacterial inflammation of the nail and the tissue surrounding the nail.  Can be chronic or runaround |  | 
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