Paronychia Definition

părə-nĭkē-ə
noun
Inflammation of the tissue surrounding a fingernail or toenail.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
  • genus Paronychia

Other Word Forms of Paronychia

Noun

Singular:
paronychia
Plural:
paronychiae, paronychias

Origin of Paronychia

  • Latin parōnychia from Greek parōnukhiā para- around para–1 onux onukh- nail nogh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin paronychia, plural of paronychium

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

PPAPAR

Words Ending With

AIAHIA

Unscrambles

paronychia

Words Starting With P and Ending With A

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