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Webster 1913 Edition


Paronychia


Parˊo-nych′i-a

,
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
παρωνυχία
;
παρά
beside +
ὄνυξ
,
ὄνυχος
, a nail{1}.]
(Med.)
A whitlow, or felon{3}.
Quincy.

Webster 1828 Edition


Paronychia

PARONYCH'IA

,
Noun.
[Gr. by, and the nail.] In surgery, a whitlow or felon.

Definition 2024


paronychia

paronychia

English

Noun

paronychia (plural paronychias or paronychiae)

  1. (medicine) An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.

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