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Noun: paronychia  `paru'nikeeu
  1. Infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe
Noun: Paronychia
  1. Low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts
    - genus Paronychia

Derived forms: paronychias

Type of: caryophylloid dicot genus, infection

Part of: carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family

Encyclopedia: Paronychia

Nearest

parochially
parodic
parodist
parody
paroicous
parol
parol evidence rule
parole
parolee
paronomasia
paronychia
paronym
Parophrys
Parophrys vitulus
paroquet
parosamia
parotid
parotid gland
parotid vein
parotitis