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onychogryphosis

onychogryphosis noun: a hypertrophy or excess growth of the nails.

Noun

onychogryphosis (countable and uncountable, plural onychogryphoses)

  1. A hypertrophy or excess growth of the nails.

onychogryphosis meaning in Tamil

onychogryphosis in Tamil

வரிநகம்

Forms of onychogryphosis

pluralonychogryphoses

Origin of onychogryphosis

From onycho- + gryphosis.

Questions about onychogryphosis

What does onychogryphosis mean?
Onychogryphosis means a hypertrophy or excess growth of the nails.
What is onychogryphosis in Tamil?
Onychogryphosis in Tamil is வரிநகம். See Onychogryphosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is onychogryphosis?
Onychogryphosis is a noun.
What is the plural of onychogryphosis?
The plural of onychogryphosis is onychogryphoses.

Words near onychogryphosis in the dictionary

  1. onychodysplasia
  2. onychodystrophic
  3. onychodystrophies
  4. onychodystrophy
  5. onychogryphoses
  6. onychogryphosis
  7. onychogryphotic
  8. onychogryposis
  9. onychology
  10. onycholyses
  11. onycholysis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: onychogryphosis (page history and authors); onychogryphosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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