Cell Culture Ontology

Last uploaded: July 23, 2014
Preferred Name

Nail dystrophy
Synonyms

Dystrophic nails

Onychodystrophy

Poor nail formation

Definitions

Onychodystrophy (nail dystrophy) refers to nail changes apart from changes of the color (nail dyschromia) and involves partial or complete disruption of the various keratinous layers of the nail plate. Onychodystrophy is a widely used, yet rarely defined term. Onychodystrophy can be caused by congenital nail diseases, systemic disorders, fungal and nonfungal infections, various noninfectious inflammatory dermatologic diseases of the nail unit and tumors. Onychodystrophy can also occur secondarily to systemic drug use.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0008404

comment

Onychodystrophy is a widely used, yet rarely defined term. Onychodystrophy can be caused by congenital nail diseases, systemic disorders, fungal and nonfungal infections, various noninfectious inflammatory dermatologic diseases of the nail unit and tumors. Onychodystrophy can also occur secondarily to systemic drug use.

database_cross_reference

MEDDRA:10028698

SNOMEDCT_US:87065009

UMLS:C0221260

definition

Onychodystrophy (nail dystrophy) refers to nail changes apart from changes of the color (nail dyschromia) and involves partial or complete disruption of the various keratinous layers of the nail plate.

has_alternative_id

HP:0008382

HP:0008397

HP:0008408

has_exact_synonym

Dystrophic nails

Onychodystrophy

Poor nail formation

id

HP:0008404

label

Nail dystrophy

notation

HP:0008404

preferred label

Nail dystrophy

prefLabel

Nail dystrophy

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001597

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