Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A disease of the nail resulting in a longitudinal splitting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology
fingernail andtoenail brittleness andbreakage , such as may be due to excessive strong soap and water exposure, nail polish remover,hypothyroidism ,anemia ,anorexia nervosa orbulimia , or after oralretinoid therapy .
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Examples
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For Lee, the 82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee began with the Round 1 written test, which included words such as asylum, congenital, vacillatory, onychorrhexis and abyss.
unknown title 2009
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Dylan made it through rounds one and two, surviving some difficult words for a boy his age, including: civitas, vacillatory, onychorrhexis and quomodo, to name just a few.
unknown title 2009
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