Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Paronychia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Paronychia \Par`o*nych"i*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? beside + ?, ?,
a nail.] (Med.)
A whitlow, or felon. --Quincy.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
paronychia
n 1: infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or
toe
2: low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants;
whitlowworts [syn: {Paronychia}, {genus Paronychia}]
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