brachyonychia

brachyonychia
Short nails, in which the width of the nail plate and nail bed is greater than the length; may be congenital or result from nail biting, bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism, or psoriatic arthropathy. [G. brachys, short + onyx, onychos, nail, + suffix -ia, condition]

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bra·chy·o·nych·ia (bra″ke-o-nikґe-ə) [brachy- + onych- + -ia] abnormal shortness of the thumbnail.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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