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onychia en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
/əʊˈnɪki.ə/

Etymology

From New Latin, from onych- + -ia; compare onyx.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) An infection of the nailbed, which more or less always also involves the nail itself (sometimes causing the nail to slough off).
- Near-synonym: whitlow

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
onychias	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Coordinates

paronychia · perionychia

Deriveds

Hypernyms

disease · onychosis · condition · onychopathy

Relateds

brachyonychia · onychium · perionychium · perionychial

Synonyms

onychitis · whitlow

onychia en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
/əʊˈnɪki.ə/

Etymology

From New Latin; by surface analysis, onychi(um) + -a.

Meanings

(form-of, plural) plural of onychium
form of onychium

Relateds

onychial · perionychium · perionychia