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onycho-

onycho- prefix: nail: Relating to fingernails, toenails, or homologous structures such as claws or hooves.

Prefix

onycho-

  1. Nail: Relating to fingernails, toenails, or homologous structures such as claws or hooves.

Forms of onycho-

alternative formonych-

Origin of onycho-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux).

Questions about onycho-

What does onycho- mean?
Onycho- means nail: Relating to fingernails, toenails, or homologous structures such as claws or hooves.
What part of speech is onycho-?
Onycho- is a prefix.

Words near onycho- in the dictionary

  1. onychitides
  2. onychitis
  3. onychium
  4. onychiurid
  5. onychiurids
  6. onycho-
  7. onychochilid
  8. onychochilids
  9. onychocryptosis
  10. onychodermal band
  11. onychodermal bands

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