Growth Fact's
Vocabulary
Disorder's
Diseases
100

It takes ____ months on average for a new fingernail to grow.

what is 4-6 months

100

A disease, disorder or condition of the nail

what is Onychosis

100

Very thin often Hereditary

what is eggshell nails

100

Ringworm of the nail

what is Onychomycosis

200

Toenails grow___than fingernails but are harder and thicker than fingernails.

What is slower?

200

The cause of a disease, disorder or condition

What is Etiology

200

Horizontal wavy ridges across the nail. Usually caused by injury or systemic conditions

What is Corrugations

200

Shedding or falling off of nail

what is onychoptosis

300

 The fingernail growth rate is 

what is 1/3?

300

The study of the structure and growth of the nail

what is Onychology

300

Ingrown nails

what is Onychocryptosis 

300

Loosening or separation of nail

Onycholysis

400

Younger people's nails grow is __rate

what is faster?

400

Onyx

what is the technical name for nail

400

 Brown or black darkening of nail

what melanonycia

400

Atrophy of nail or wasting away

Onychatrophia

500

The nail growth of a new toenail takes,..

What is 12-18 months?

500

Paronychia

What is bacterial infection around the nail

500

Thickening of the nail plate or an abnormal outgrowth of nail

What is Onychauxis

500

Onychoptsis

what is shedding or falling off of nail

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