oncholysis

oncholysis

[äŋ′käl·ə·səs]
(medicine)
A slow process of loosening of a nail from its bed, beginning at the free edge and progressing gradually toward the root.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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