Disorders of the Nails
Across
- 2. Nail will appear pitted and/or have roughness on the surface
- 6. Forward growth of living skin that adheres to the surface of the nail plate
- 7. Nail plate develops an abnormal thickening in width, not length
- 8. Variety of colors
- 10. Whitish discoloration of the nails
- 11. Abnormal brittleness of the nail plate
- 12. Ingrown nail
- 13. Nail slowly deteriorates, nail gets smaller and falls off
- 14. A small, hard flesh-colored or red lump under or beside the nail
Down
- 1. Complete shedding of the nail plate, starting with a groove at the base of the nail
- 3. Split cuticle around the nail
- 4. Brown or black 'splinters' under the nail plate
- 5. Bitten nails
- 9. Dark purplish discoloration under nail