Definitions for onychia

onychia o·nych·i·a

Spelling: [oh-nik-ee-uh]
IPA: /oʊˈnɪk i ə/

Onychia is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in onychia (achinoy).

Definitions for onychia

noun

  1. inflammation of the matrix of the nail.

Origin of onychia

1855-60; New Latin, equivalent to Greek onych-, stem of onyx nail (see onyx) + New Latin -ia -ia

Examples for onychia

onychia is the term applied to an infection of the soft parts around the nail or of the matrix beneath it.

Back pressure upon the matrix from a short shoe upon a thick unresisting nail, is frequently the cause of onychia.

Paronychium-ia: one or more bristle-like appendages of onychia; q.v.

The commonest form of onychia has already been referred to with whitlow.

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