Beau lines
(bō), transverse grooves on the fingernails following severe febrile disease, malnutrition, trauma, myocardial infarction, or other disorders.
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Beau lines
(bō līnz) Transverse grooves on the fingernails following fever, malnutrition, trauma, myocardial infarction, or other severe or systemic illness.
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Beau,
Joseph H.S., French physician, 1806-1865. Beau lines - transverse depressions on the fingernails following severe febrile disease, malnutrition, trauma, myocardial infarction, etc.
Beau syndrome - cardiac insufficiency.
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