onychomadesis

onychomadesis
Complete shedding of the nails, usually associated with systemic disease. [onycho- + G. madesis, a growing bald, fr. madao, to be moist, (of hair) fall off]

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on·y·cho·ma·de·sis .än-i-kō-mə-'dē-səs n, pl -de·ses -.sēz loosening and shedding of the nails

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on·y·cho·ma·de·sis (on″ĭ-ko-mə-deґsis) [onycho- + Gr. madēsis loss of hair] separation of the nail plate from the nail bed and shedding distally to a groove that has formed; it may be due to a systemic condition or trauma. See also Beau line, under line. Called also defluvium unguium and onychoptosis.

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