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onychomycosis

UK/ˌɒnɪkəʊmaɪˈkəʊsɪs/US/ˌɑnɪkoʊmaɪˈkoʊsɪs/

onychomycosis noun: fungal infection of the nail, especially the toenail.

Noun

onychomycosis (countable and uncountable, plural onychomycoses)

  1. Fungal infection of the nail, especially the toenail.
    Synonyms:
    nail fungus

onychomycosis meaning in Tamil

onychomycosis in Tamil

நகப்பூசணம், பூஞ்சன நகம்

Synonyms of onychomycosis

Forms of onychomycosis

pluralonychomycoses

Origin of onychomycosis

From onycho- + mycosis.

Questions about onychomycosis

What does onychomycosis mean?
Onychomycosis means fungal infection of the nail, especially the toenail.
What is onychomycosis in Tamil?
Onychomycosis in Tamil is நகப்பூசணம், பூஞ்சன நகம். See Onychomycosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is onychomycosis?
Onychomycosis is a noun.
How do you pronounce onychomycosis?
Onychomycosis is pronounced /ˌɒnɪkəʊmaɪˈkəʊsɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of onychomycosis?
The plural of onychomycosis is onychomycoses.

Words near onychomycosis in the dictionary

  1. onycholyses
  2. onycholysis
  3. onychomadesis
  4. onychomancy
  5. onychomycoses
  6. onychomycosis
  7. onychomycotic
  8. onychoosteodysplasia
  9. onychopathic
  10. onychopathies
  11. onychopathology

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