Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The separation or loosening of a fingernail or toenail from its nail bed.
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- noun medicine The loosening or separation of a
fingernail ortoenail from its bed
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- noun separation of a nail from its normal attachment to the nail bed
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin : Greek onux, onukh-, nail, claw; see onyx + –lysis.]
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Examples
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When the nail becomes separated from the skin underneath it, the condition is called onycholysis.
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A patient may also experience onycholysis, where infected nails separate from the nail bed.
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