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Definition of Paronychia
1. Noun. Infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe.
2. Noun. Low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Carnation Family, Caryophyllaceae, Family Caryophyllaceae, Pink Family
Member holonyms: Whitlowwort
Definition of Paronychia
1. n. A whitlow, or felon.
Definition of Paronychia
1. Noun. (medicine) An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Paronychia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Paronychia
Literary usage of Paronychia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the Skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1919)
"paronychia. paronychia, or whitlow, is characterized by acute or subacute ...
The milder forms of paronychia are not uncommon sequelae of dermatitis and ..."
2. The Practice of surgery by James Gregory Mumford (1914)
"But paronychia—there is our rock of offense, for fully half the ... A paronychia
is an acute infection of the finger (or toe), progressive, uated near the ..."
3. Infections of the Hand: A Guide to the Surgical Treatment of Acute and by Allen Buckner Kanavel (1921)
"paronychia. Among the infections of the distal phalanx, none is apparently so
simple as the paronychia, or "run-arounds," and yet they frequently baffle ..."
4. The Practice of surgery by James Miller (1857)
"paronychia. No affection is more common than paronychia, or Whitlow; more especially
among washerwomen, cooks, nurses, and others, whose fingers, ..."
5. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Children by David Francis Condie (1868)
"paronychia. ... of paronychia is generally attended with very severe pain throughout
its course. ..."
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