onychocryptosis
An ingrown (nonvisible) nail [a toenail, one edge of which is overgrown by the nailfold, producing a pyogenic granuloma (nodule or overgrowth of tissue); as a result of faulty trimming of the toenails or pressure from a tight shoe].
pathocryptia
The tendency to deny one's disease or to verbally express very little about it.
procryptic, procryptically
Having the function of protectively concealing: applied to the protective mimicry of color and form, observed in insects (especially butterflies and moths and their caterpillars), and some other animals.
pseudocryptorchism
A condition in which the testes descend to the scrotum but continue to move up and down, rising high in the inguinal canal at one time and descending to the scrotum at another.
syncryptic
1. A reference to protective resemblances between diverse species.
2. Applied to the resemblance between different organisms (especially insects) having common protective coloration by which they are concealed from attack.
telecryptograph
A form of printing telegraph that is adopted so it prints secret or private communications.
trichocryptosis
Any disease of the hair follicles.
xylocryptite
A reference to something that is hidden in fossil wood.
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