PARONYCHIA

Paronychia, genus Paronychia

(noun) low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts

paronychia

(noun) infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

paronychia (countable and uncountable, plural paronychias or paronychiae)

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

Synonyms

• whitlow

Source: Wiktionary


Par`o*nych"i*a, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Definition: A whitlow, or felon. Quincy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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