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Webster 1913 Edition

Paronychia

‖

Parˊo-nych′i-a

,

Noun.

[L., fr. Gr.

παρωνυχία

;

παρά

beside +

ὄνυξ

,

ὄνυχος

, a nail{1}.]

(Med.)

A whitlow, or felon{3}.

Quincy.

Webster 1828 Edition

Paronychia

PARONYCH'IA

,

Noun.

[Gr. by, and the nail.] In surgery, a whitlow or felon.

Definition 2024

paronychia

paronychia

English

Noun

paronychia ‎(plural paronychias or paronychiae)

(medicine) An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.

Synonyms

whitlow

Translations

infection under the cuticle — see whitlow