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onychias

onychias is the plural of onychia.

Meaning of onychia

Noun

onychia (countable and uncountable, plural onychias)

  1. An infection of the nailbed, which more or less always also involves the nail itself (sometimes causing the nail to slough off).
    • Near-synonym: whitlow
    Synonyms:
    onychitis, whitlow

Questions about onychias

What is onychias the plural of?
Onychias is the plural of onychia.

Words near onychias in the dictionary

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

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