Definition of paronychia Paronychia

par•o•nych•i•a

We found 4 definitions of paronychia from 3 different sources.

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What does paronychia mean?

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Noun

Plural: paronychias

paronychia - low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts
  genus Paronychia
  caryophylloid dicot genus genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
  carnation family, caryophyllaceae, family caryophyllaceae, pink family large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
paronychia - infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe
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= antonym
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  • paronychia (n.)
    A whitlow, or felon.

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