onychia

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/əʊˈnɪki.ə/

noun

An infection of the nailbed, which more or less always also involves the nail itself (sometimes causing the nail to slough off).

“Near-synonym: whitlow”

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onychitiswhitlow
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Meanings

onychia1

nounonychia (countable and uncountable, plural onychias)

plural onychias

  1. countableuncountableAn infection of the nailbed, which more or less always also involves the nail itself (sometimes causing the nail to slough off).

    Near-synonym: whitlow

    Synonyms: onychitis, whitlow

onychia2

noun
  1. pluralplural of onychium

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn infection of the nailbed, which more or less always also involves the nail itself (sometimes causing the nail to slough off).

Similar
onychitiswhitlow
Also see
onychitiswhitlow

Origin

onychia · noun

From New Latin, from onych- + -ia; compare onyx.

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onychia · noun

From New Latin; by surface analysis, onychi(um) + -a.

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Cite this entry
APA

onychia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onychia

MLA

“onychia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onychia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onychia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onychia.

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