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onycholysis

onycholysis noun: the loosening or separation of a fingernail or toenail from its bed.

Noun

onycholysis (plural onycholyses)

  1. The loosening or separation of a fingernail or toenail from its bed

onycholysis meaning in Tamil

onycholysis in Tamil

நகநெகிழ்ச்சி

Forms of onycholysis

pluralonycholyses

Origin of onycholysis

From New Latin onycho- + -lysis.

Questions about onycholysis

What does onycholysis mean?
Onycholysis means the loosening or separation of a fingernail or toenail from its bed.
What is onycholysis in Tamil?
Onycholysis in Tamil is நகநெகிழ்ச்சி. See Onycholysis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is onycholysis?
Onycholysis is a noun.
What is the plural of onycholysis?
The plural of onycholysis is onycholyses.

Words near onycholysis in the dictionary

  1. onychogryphosis
  2. onychogryphotic
  3. onychogryposis
  4. onychology
  5. onycholyses
  6. onycholysis
  7. onychomadesis
  8. onychomancy
  9. onychomycoses
  10. onychomycosis
  11. onychomycotic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: onycholysis (page history and authors); onycholysis (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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