onychium

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onychium

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From New Latin; by surface analysis, onych- + -ium.

noun onychia

A little claw or clawlike appendage, present on some arthropods.
Synonym of nail (“unguis”). What! Another Book on Nails? The decade of the 1980s provided an explosive interest in the diagnosis and treatment of nail disorders. An area of dermatology long neglected by clinical and basic science-research people as well, onychology has rather suddenly become fashionable. The nail unit is no lo
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@misc{onychium_2026,
  title = {onychium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/onychium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}