The technical name for the fingernail is onyx
Onlycholysis means splitting or rupture of the nails.
Construction nails are called "penny nails" because the term originates from the historical practice of pricing nails by the penny. The "penny" referred to the cost of a hundred nails in the past, with larger nails being denoted by a higher number. For example, a "2d" nail (two-penny) would have cost two pennies for a hundred nails. This system of naming has since continued, causing the term "penny" to be associated with the size of the nails.
business and techinical
The latin term for the study of nails is onycology, which is derived from the onyx...which is the technical name of the nail.
The primary component of hair and nails is called keratin.
techinical no, but they can medium your thoughts thru you if you are sensitive.
the slang term for this is "boobies" but that is not a medical term.
Over the short term, hair and nails. Over the long term, none of it.
Anabolism is a term that is used for the breakdown phase of metabolism. So, in the case if nails, it means that they are breaking down or degenerating. One of the common causes for this, besides poor nutrition, is the use of glue to attach artificial nails.
In earlier times, the size of a nail was set by the cost of 100 nails in pennies. The names persisted although the prices fluctuated.
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"Clubbing" is the term that describes the change in nails associated with chronic lack of oxygen. It involves the nail bed becoming soft and the angle between the nail and the nail bed widening.