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onychia

/əʊˈnɪki.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ony-chia
IPA
/əʊˈnɪki.ə/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An infection of the nailbed, which more or less always also involves the nail itself (sometimes causing the nail to slough off).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

plural of onychium

Example Sentences

Etymology

From New Latin, from onych- + -ia; compare onyx.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

onychias (plural)

Derived Forms

onychial

Frequently Paired Words

brachyonychia onychium perionychial perionychium paronychia perionychia onychial

Synonyms

onychitis whitlow

Questions

How do you pronounce onychia?
The recorded pronunciation is /əʊˈnɪki.ə/.
What does onychia mean?
An infection of the nailbed, which more or less always also involves the nail itself (sometimes causing the nail to slough off).
Where does onychia come from?
From New Latin, from onych- + -ia; compare onyx.

How to pronounce onychia

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