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brachyonychia

brachyonychia noun: a condition in which the end of the thumb is widened and flattened, the nail plate is flattened, and the distal phalanx is abnormally short.

Noun

brachyonychia (uncountable)

  1. A condition in which the end of the thumb is widened and flattened, the nail plate is flattened, and the distal phalanx is abnormally short.

Origin of brachyonychia

From brachy- + onych- + -ia.

Questions about brachyonychia

What does brachyonychia mean?
Brachyonychia means a condition in which the end of the thumb is widened and flattened, the nail plate is flattened, and the distal phalanx is abnormally short.
What part of speech is brachyonychia?
Brachyonychia is a noun.

Words near brachyonychia in the dictionary

  1. brachyodont
  2. brachyolmia
  3. brachyolmias
  4. brachyologies
  5. brachyology
  6. brachyonychia
  7. brachyopid
  8. brachyopids
  9. brachyopoid
  10. brachyparacytic
  11. brachypellic

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