Nail Diseases and Disorders

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Across
  1. 2. Split or brittle nails
  2. 4. Bitten nails
  3. 7. Splitting or peeling of the nail plate, typically at the free edge
  4. 8. Extreme C-curvature of the nail
  5. 12. Living skin that becomes attached to the nail plate
  6. 13. Very thin, soft nails that curve over the free edge
  7. 17. Vertical depressions down the nail plate
  8. 18. Fungal infection of the fingernail or toenail.
  9. 19. Increased thickness or curvature of the nails that may occur with age or injury to the nail
  10. 20. General term for inflammation of the proximal nail fold or lateral nail folds
  11. 24. Shedding or loss of the nail plate with separation beginning at the nail matrix
  12. 25. Inflammation of skin around nail
  13. 26. Lesion that can form on the hand/foot or on the nail bed
Down
  1. 1. A brown or black darkening of the nail; often appears as a darkened stripe running the length of the nail plate
  2. 3. Sides of the folded nail cut into the soft tissue
  3. 5. Horizontal depressions across the width of the nail
  4. 6. Shallow or deep holes in the nail called pitting, thickening of the nail, separation of the nail plate from the nail bed
  5. 9. Splits in PNF or later folds, Hangnails
  6. 10. Discoloration of nails, Greenies
  7. 11. Ingrown nails
  8. 14. Loosening or separation of nail plate from the nail bed
  9. 15. Dark purple discoloration under the nail
  10. 16. Red-brown vertical lines under the nail plate, resembling a splinter
  11. 19. Atrophy of nail or wasting away of nail plate
  12. 21. An abnormal outgrowth of nail or thickening of the nail plate
  13. 22. Nails with a concave shape
  14. 23. White spots appearing within nail plate