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onychopathy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ony-chopa-thy
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any disease of the fingernails or toenails.

Etymology

From onycho- + -pathy.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

onychopathies (plural)

Derived Forms

onychopathic

Frequently Paired Words

onychium onychology perionychium paronychia perionychia

Synonyms

onychosis

Questions

What does onychopathy mean?
Any disease of the fingernails or toenails.
Where does onychopathy come from?
From onycho- + -pathy.

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