| onychograph | An instrument for recording the capillary blood pressure as shown by the circulation under the nail. Origin: onycho-+ G. Grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000) |
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| onychogryphosis | Enlargement with increased thickening and curvature of the fingernails or toenails. Synonym: gryposis unguium, onychogryphosis. Origin: onycho-+ G. Gryposis, a curvature (05 Mar 2000) |
| onychogryposis | Enlargement with increased thickening and curvature of the fingernails or toenails. Synonym: gryposis unguium, onychogryphosis. Origin: onycho-+ G. Gryposis, a curvature (05 Mar 2000) |
| onychoheterotopia | Abnormal placement of nails. (05 Mar 2000) |
| onychoid | Resembling a fingernail in structure or form. Origin: onycho-+ G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| onychology | Study of the nails. Origin: onycho-+ G. Logos, treatise (05 Mar 2000) |
| onycholysis | The loosening of the nails starting at the border. (27 Sep 1997) |
| onychoma | <tumour> A tumour arising from the nail bed. Origin: onycho-+ G. -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| onychomadesis | Complete shedding of the nails, usually associated with systemic disease. Origin: onycho-+ G. Madesis, a growing bald, fr. Madao, to be moist, (of hair) fall off (05 Mar 2000) |
| onychomalacia | Abnormal softness of the nails. Origin: onycho-+ G. Malakia, softness (05 Mar 2000) |
| onychomancy | Divination by the nails. Origin: Gr, a finger nail + -mancy: cf. F. Onychomancie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| onychomycosis | A fungal infection that involves the fingernails. Nails generally split, flake and grow too thick. (27 Sep 1997) |
| onychonosus | Synonym: onychopathy. Origin: onycho-+ G. Nosos, disease (05 Mar 2000) |
| onychoosteodysplasia | <syndrome> A hereditary condition with abnormally formed (dysplastic) or absent nails and absent or underdeveloped (hypoplastic) kneecaps (patellae). Other features include iliac horns, abnormality of the elbows interfering with full range of motion (pronation and supination) and kidney disease resembling glomerulonephritis which.is often mild but can be progressive and lead to renal failure. Onychoosteodysplasia is inherited as dominant gene. This means that the disease can be transmitted by one affected parent. The nail-patella gene locus found linked genetically to the ABO blood group in 1965 is now known to be in chromosome region 9q34. Synonym: nail-patella syndrome, Turner-Kieser syndrome, Fong disease. (21 Jun 2000) |
| onychopathic | Relating to or suffering from any disease of the nails. (05 Mar 2000) |