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The name of the fungus that causes a skin infection, used on this site for a finger or toe nail infection.
Defined - The thick epitheilial layer of skin beneath the nail is also known as the nail bed.
Defined - Infection of nails, () caused by a fungus, commonly Onychomycosis.
Defined - Most common fungal infection of fingernails and toenails
Defined - Hardening of the skin layer that becomes the nail (keratinized) layer, as it grows.
Defined - Softening and penetration of hardened layers of skin