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  2. Excoriation disorder - Wikipedia

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    The fingers have been compulsively picked and chewed in someone with excoriation disorder and dermatophagia. Compulsive picking of the face using nail pliers and tweezers. Episodes of skin picking are often preceded or accompanied by tension, anxiety, or stress. [6] In some cases, following picking, the affected person may feel depressed. [5]

  3. Athlete's foot - Wikipedia

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    As the disease progresses, the skin may crack, leading to bacterial skin infection [13] and inflammation of the lymphatic vessels. [11] If allowed to grow for too long, athlete's foot fungus may spread to infect the toenails , [ 19 ] feeding on the keratin in them, a condition called onychomycosis .

  4. Lunula (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    The lunula is located at the end of the nail that is closest to the skin of the finger, but it still lies under the nail. It is not actually white but only appears so when it is seen through the nail. Outlining the nail matrix, the lunula is a very delicate part of the nail structure. If one damages the lunula, the nail will be permanently ...

  5. Safe-cracking - Wikipedia

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    Peeling is a method that involves removing the outer skin of the safe. All quality safes protect against drilling attacks through the strategic use of specially tempered or alloyed hardplate steel, or composite hardplate (casting tungsten carbide chips into alloys such as cobalt-vanadium, designed to shatter the cutting tips of a drill bit).

  6. Paronychia - Wikipedia

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    Paronychia is an inflammation of the skin around the nail, which can occur suddenly (acute), when it is usually due to the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, or gradually (chronic) when it is commonly caused by Candida albicans. [2] The term is from Greek: παρωνυχία from para, "around", onyx, "nail" and the noun suffix -ia. [7] [8]

  7. Periungual wart - Wikipedia

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    They appear as thickened, fissured cauliflower-like skin around the nail plate. Periungual warts often cause loss of the cuticle and paronychia. Nail biting increases susceptibility to these warts. [1] Warts of this kind often cause damage to the nail either by lifting the nail from the skin or causing the nail to partially detach.

  8. Snake scale - Wikipedia

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    Before a moult, the snake stops eating and often hides or moves to a safe place. Just before shedding, the skin becomes dull and dry looking and the eyes become cloudy or blue-colored. The inner surface of the old outer skin liquefies. This causes the old outer skin to separate from the new inner skin.

  9. Joint cracking - Wikipedia

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    Cracking finger joints makes a distinct cracking or popping sound. Joint cracking is the manipulation of joints to produce a sound and related "popping" sensation. It is sometimes performed by physical therapists , chiropractors , osteopaths [ 1 ] pursuing a variety of outcomes.