onychia

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əʊˈnɪki.ə/

Etymology 1

See onyx.

Noun

onychia (countable and uncountable, plural onychias)

1. A whitlow.
2. An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.

Etymology 2

Noun

onychia

1. plural of onychium

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “onychia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)