Nail Disorders and Diseases

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Across
  1. 3. technical term for nail
  2. 5. darkening of the fingernail or toenail
  3. 7. technical term used for any deformity or disease of the nail
  4. 8. inflammation of the nail matrix, followed by the shedding of the nail plate.
  5. 11. often causes tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate.
  6. 14. caused by injury or minor damage to the nail matrix
Down
  1. 1. very thin, very flexible
  2. 2. deep or sharp curvature at the free edge because of the matrix
  3. 3. bitten nails
  4. 4. loosening or lifting of the nail plate from the bed w/o shedding
  5. 6. condition which living skin splits around the nail
  6. 9. small mirrors into the general health of the entire body
  7. 10. condition caused by an injury or disease to the nail unit
  8. 11. forward growth of the eponychium (cuticle) sticking to nail plate
  9. 12. bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail
  10. 13. run vertically down the length of the natural nail plate