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onychectomies

onychectomies is the plural of onychectomy.

Meaning of onychectomy

Noun

onychectomy (plural onychectomies)

  1. The surgical removal of a fingernail or toenail.
  2. Surgically remove the distal phalange of each digit of the forefeet of a cat.
    • A good example of the potential discrepancy between human and feline goals is onychectomy, or declawing.2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 17
    Synonyms:
    declawing

Questions about onychectomies

What is onychectomies the plural of?
Onychectomies is the plural of onychectomy.

Words near onychectomies in the dictionary

  1. onych-
  2. onycha
  3. onychalgia
  4. onychauxes
  5. onychauxis
  6. onychectomies
  7. onychectomy
  8. onychia
  9. onychial
  10. onychias
  11. onychinus

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