Medical Definition of mandibular angle. : an angle formed by the junction at the gonion of the posterior border of the ramus and the inferior border of the body of the mandible.
When a fully grown nail is atrophied, it loses its shine; loses healthy look, starts to shrink in size, and may eventually falls away. This condition is called Onychatrophia and also known as atrophy. There are number of degrees of onychatrophia condition. An individual can have only one nail that has atrophied. However, this condition can never worsen because the condition was identified and treated as soon as possible.
Onychauxis is the medical term for thickening or overgrowth of the nail. This condition can be observed in both the fingers nails and the toes nails. Onychauxis is otherwise called Hypertrophy of the nail. Causes of Onychauxis. Onychauxis can occur due to various reasons such as: