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koilonychia Path.|kɔɪləʊˈnɪkɪə|
[a. G. koilonychia (J. Heller 1897, in Dermatol. Zeitschr. IV. 490), f. Gr. κοῖλ-ος hollow + ὄνυξ, -υχος nail + -ia1.]
A condition of the finger-nails in which the outer surfaces are concave instead of convex; spoon-nail.
1902Trans. Med. Assoc. Missouri XLV. 157 The disease..is known technically as koilonychia and ordinarily as ‘spoon’ nails... Koilonychia may be observed in one or more of the nails of the fingers of one or both hands. 1934J. M. Vaughan Anaemias iii. 43 Koilonychia is not found in ‘splenic anaemia’, while some degree is extremely common in idiopathic hypochromic anaemia. 1970Jrnl. Pediatrics LXXVII. 1057/2 There is a significant correlation between koilonychia and iron deficiency in infants 9 to 13 months of age. |