onychomycosis

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UK/ˌɒnɪkəʊmaɪˈkəʊsɪs/Atlantic Canada, US/ˌɑnɪkoʊmaɪˈkoʊsɪs/Canada, dialectal/ˌɒnɪkoʊmaɪˈkoʊsɪs/

noun

Fungal infection of the nail, especially the toenail.

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Meanings

nounonychomycosis (countable and uncountable, plural onychomycoses)

plural onychomycoses

  1. countableuncountableFungal infection of the nail, especially the toenail.

    Synonyms: nail fungus

Synonyms & antonyms

nounFungal infection of the nail, especially the toenail.

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Origin

Translations

Catalan onicomicosi
  • onicomicosifungal infection of nail
Chinese Mandarin 甲癬 /甲癣, 灰指甲
  • 甲癬 /甲癣 (jiǎxuǎn)fungal infection of nail
  • 灰指甲 (huīzhǐjia)fungal infection of nail
  • 灰甲 (huījiǎ)fungal infection of nail
  • 甲真菌病 (jiǎzhēnjūnbìng)fungal infection of nail
  • 油灰指甲 (yóuhuī zhǐjia)fungal infection of nail
Dutch kalknagel, onychomycose
  • kalknagelfungal infection of nail
  • onychomycosefungal infection of nail
Finnish kynsisieni
  • kynsisienifungal infection of nail
French onychomycose
  • onychomycosefungal infection of nail
Italian onicomicosi
  • onicomicosifungal infection of nail
Polish grzybica paznokci
  • grzybica paznokcifungal infection of nail
Portuguese onicomicose
  • onicomicosefungal infection of nail
Russian онихомико́з
  • онихомико́з (onixomikóz)fungal infection of nail
Spanish onicomicosis, tiña de las uñas
  • onicomicosisfungal infection of nail
  • tiña de las uñasfungal infection of nail
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APA

onychomycosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onychomycosis

MLA

“onychomycosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onychomycosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onychomycosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onychomycosis.

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