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Abnormally curved fingernails and stunted growth of the fingers associated with a chronic lack of oxygen in patients with cystic fibrosis is known as:

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Chronic lack of oxygen in cystic fibrosis is known as clubbing. This fingernail symptom is sometimes referred to as Hippocratic fingers as he was thought to beĀ  the first to document this condition.
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