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