Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Suppurative inflammation in proximity to the finger-nail. See paronychia.
- n. In emtom.: A genus of lepidopterous insects, founded by Hübner in 1816.
- n. A genus of cynipidous hymenopterous insects of the subfamily Figitinæ, founded by Walker in 1835. Three North American and several European species are described. Like the rest of the Figitinæ, and unlike most other Cynipidæ, they are all parasitic.
- n. A genus of cephalopods.
- n. Plural of onychium.
Wiktionary
- n. A whitlow.
- n. An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A whitlow.
- n. An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.
Etymologies
- See onyx. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Paronychium-ia: one or more bristle-like appendages of onychia; q.v. Parthenogenetic: see asexual.”
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