1833 W. B. Dickinson tr. P. Rayer 357 In icterus, the nails have sometimes a yellow appearance; they are black in subungual ecchymosis [Fr. noirs dans les ecchymoses sous-unguéales].
1947 6 Dec. 902/2 The nails of fingers and toes were brittle and showed much subungual proliferation.
2000 M. A. Goldstein & M. C. Goldstein vii. 89 But blood may still form under the toenail, a condition known as subungual hematoma, particularly when playing a sport like soccer or tennis.