onychorrhexis
onychorrhexis noun: fingernail and toenail brittleness and breakage, such as may be due to excessive strong soap and water exposure, nail polish remover, hypothyroidism, anemia, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, or after oral retinoid therapy.
Noun
onychorrhexis (uncountable)
- fingernail and toenail brittleness and breakage, such as may be due to excessive strong soap and water exposure, nail polish remover, hypothyroidism, anemia, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, or after oral retinoid therapy.
- Synonyms:
- brittle nails
onychorrhexis meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
onychorrhexis in Tamil
- தற்பாட்டுஉகிர்ப்பிளவு, தற்பாட்டுஉகிர்முறிவு
onychorrhexis in Malayalam
- അമിതമായി സോപ്പ്, വെള്ളം എന്നിവ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നതുമൂലമോ, നെയില്പോളീഷ് റിമൂവർ, ഹൈപ്പോതൈറോയിഡിസം, അനീമിയ, അനറെക്സിയ നെർവോസ
Synonyms of onychorrhexis
- brittle nails
Origin of onychorrhexis
From onycho- + -rrhexis.
Questions about onychorrhexis
- What does onychorrhexis mean?
- Onychorrhexis means fingernail and toenail brittleness and breakage, such as may be due to excessive strong soap and water exposure, nail polish remover, hypothyroidism, anemia, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, or after oral retinoid therapy.
- What is onychorrhexis in Tamil?
- Onychorrhexis in Tamil is தற்பாட்டுஉகிர்ப்பிளவு, தற்பாட்டுஉகிர்முறிவு. See Onychorrhexis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is onychorrhexis?
- Onychorrhexis is a noun.
Words near onychorrhexis in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: onychorrhexis (page history and authors); onychorrhexis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); onychorrhexis (Malayalam 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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