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onychopathology

onychopathology noun: the study of diseases of the nails.

Noun

onychopathology (uncountable)

  1. The study of diseases of the nails.

Origin of onychopathology

From onycho- + pathology.

Questions about onychopathology

What does onychopathology mean?
Onychopathology means the study of diseases of the nails.
What part of speech is onychopathology?
Onychopathology is a noun.

Words near onychopathology in the dictionary

  1. onychomycosis
  2. onychomycotic
  3. onychoosteodysplasia
  4. onychopathic
  5. onychopathies
  6. onychopathology
  7. onychopathy
  8. onychophagia
  9. onychophagist
  10. onychophagists
  11. onychophagy

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