toenails
Digits' protective plates
Toenails are the hard, protective plates covering the tips of the toes, equivalent to fingernails on the feet.
They grow slowly and require periodic trimming.
In carpentry, to toenail is to drive a nail at an angle through one piece of wood into another: He toenailed the stud to the plate.
Piece cut out
- trimmingCutting away excess
- filingStoring documents systematically
- nailfileHand-grooming abrasive
- nailbrushHand-hygiene bristle tool
cuticle · buffing · shaping · soaking · footbath · scrubbing · pumice · exfoliation
Curved back into tissue
- fungalOf or like mushrooms
- yellowingBecoming pale gold-brown
- thickenedMade more dense
- brittleLiable to shatter
cracked · ridged · discolored · infected · bruised · blackened · detached · deformed
Structural hair protein
- proteinFolded amino chain
- nailbedSkin under fingernails
- lunulaNail base crescent
- cuticleDead skin at nail base
growth · hardened · translucent · pinkish · ridges · thickness · layers · root
clipping
Piece cut out
nailbrush · cuticle · buffing · shaping · soaking · footbath · scrubbing · pumice · exfoliation · moisturizing
ingrown
Curved back into tissue
brittle · cracked · ridged · discolored · infected · bruised · blackened · detached · deformed · painful
keratin
Structural hair protein
cuticle · growth · hardened · translucent · pinkish · ridges · thickness · layers · root · tip
lacquer
Glossy protective coating
topcoat · gel · shellac · glitter · rhinestones · decals · stamping · matte · glossy · satin
barrier
Obstruction preventing passage
armor · sensitive · nailbed · fingertip · pressure · impact · stubbing · trauma
- ingrown toenailsNails growing into tissue
- toenail fungusInfection of foot digits
- black toenailDiscolored digit tip injury