Medical Definition of Onychitis
1.
A whitlow.
An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.
Origin: NL. See Onyx.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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