| groove of nail matrix | The cutaneous furrow in which the lateral border of the nail is situated. Synonym: groove of nail matrix, vallecula unguis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| root of nail | The proximal end of the nail, concealed under a fold of skin. Synonym: radix unguis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wall of nail | The fold of skin overlapping the lateral and proximal margins of the nail. Synonym: vallum unguis, wall of nail. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pincer nail | Transverse overcurvature of the nail that increases distally, causing the lateral borders of the nail to pinch the soft tissue with resulting tenderness; may result from a developmental anomaly or subungual exostosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cornified layer of nail | The outer, horny layer of the nail. Synonym: cornified layer of nail, horny layer of nail. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crests of nail bed | The numerous longitudinal ridges of the nail bed distal to the lunula. Synonym: cristae matricis unguis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cuticle of nail | The exposed distal prolongation of the corneal layer of the deep surface of the proximal nail fold (eponychium), seen as a thin "skin" overlapping and adherent to the body of the nail at its proximal portion (the area of the lunula). It is formed as a remnant of the eponychium which otherwise degenerates by the eighth month of pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| half and half nail | Division of the nail by a transverse line into a proximal dull white part and a distal pink or brown part; seen in uraemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| proximal border of nail | The proximal border of the nail entirely covered by the nail wall. Synonym: margo occultus unguis, occult border of nail. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hidden nail skin | 1. The thin, condensed, eleidin-rich layer of epidermis which procedes and initially covers the nail plate in the embryo. It normally degenerates by the eighth month except at the nail base where it remains as the cuticle of the nail. 2. The corneal layer of epidermis overlapping and in direct contact with the nail root proximally or the sides of the nail plate laterally, forming the undersurface of the nail wall or nail folds of nail. Synonym: hidden nail skin, perionychium. 3. The thin skin adherent to the nail at its proximal portion. Synonym: epionychium. Origin: G. Epi, upon, + onyx (onych-), nail (05 Mar 2000) |
| horny layer of nail | The outer, horny layer of the nail. Synonym: cornified layer of nail, horny layer of nail. (05 Mar 2000) |
| shell nail | Bronchiectasis with excessive longitudinal curvature of the nail plate and atrophy of the nail bed and underlying bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sinus of nail | sinus unguis |
| Smith-Petersen nail | A flanged nail for pinning a fracture of the neck of the femur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spoon nail | <clinical sign> Dystrophy of the fingernails, sometimes associated with iron deficiency anaemia, in which they are thin and concave, with the edges raises. Synonym: spoon nail. (15 Nov 1997) |