Onychocryptosis (from Greek ὄνυξ onyx nail + κρυπτός kryptos hidden) also known as an ingrown toenail or unguis incarnatus is a common form of nail disease. It is an often painful condition in which the nail grows so that it cuts into one or both sides of the paronychium or nail bed.
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