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onychial

/əʊˈnɪki.əl/

onychial adjective: of, related to, or being onychia (nailbed infection).

Adjective (1)

onychial (not generally comparable, comparative more onychial, superlative most onychial)

  1. (not comparable, usually) Of, related to, or being onychia (nailbed infection).

Adjective (2)

onychial (not generally comparable, comparative more onychial, superlative most onychial)

  1. (not comparable, uncommon, usually) Of, related to, or being a nail.
    Synonyms:
    ungual

Synonyms of onychial

Forms of onychial

comparativemore onychial
superlativemost onychial

Origin of onychial

By surface analysis, onychi(a) + -al, or, by surface analysis, onych(ia) + -ial.

By surface analysis, onych- + -ial, or, by surface analysis, onych(ium) + -ial, or, by surface analysis, onychi(um) + -al.

Questions about onychial

What does onychial mean?
Onychial means of, related to, or being onychia (nailbed infection).
What part of speech is onychial?
Onychial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce onychial?
Onychial is pronounced /əʊˈnɪki.əl/.

Words near onychial in the dictionary

  1. onychauxes
  2. onychauxis
  3. onychectomies
  4. onychectomy
  5. onychia
  6. onychial
  7. onychias
  8. onychinus
  9. onychitides
  10. onychitis
  11. onychium

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