paronychia (redirected from paronychial)

par·o·nych·i·a  (pr-nk-)

n.

Inflammation of the tissue surrounding a fingernail or toenail.

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[Latin parnychia, from Greek parnukhi : para-, around; see para-¹ + onux, onukh-, nail; see nogh- in Indo-European roots.]

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paro·nychi·al adj.

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paronychia

a pus-producing inflammation at the base of a fingernail or toenail; a felon or whitlow. Also called panaris.

See also: Fingers and Toes

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	paronychia - infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe infection - the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
	2.	Paronychia - low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts genus Paronychia caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes) whitlowwort - any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves; widespread throughout warm regions of both Old and New Worlds; formerly thought to cure whitlows (suppurative infections around a fingernail)