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perionychial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pe-ri-ony-chial
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or being a perionychium (singular) or perionychia (plural) (epidermis next to nails).

adj

Of, pertaining to, or being perionychia, that is, paronychia (inflammation and/or infection of that tissue area).

Etymology

From perionychi(um) + -al; also, by surface analysis, peri- + onych- + -ial.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more perionychial (comparative) most perionychial (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

onychial

Synonyms

paronychial

Questions

What does perionychial mean?
Of, pertaining to, or being a perionychium (singular) or perionychia (plural) (epidermis next to nails).
Where does perionychial come from?
From perionychi(um) + -al; also, by surface analysis, peri- + onych- + -ial.

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