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Paronychia

Definitions: Paronychia

Paronychia

Noun

1. Infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe.

2. Low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Paronychia \Par`o*nych"i*a\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression beside + nail.]. (Websters 1913)



Specialty Definitions: Paronychia

DomainDefinitions

Health

Inflammation involving the folds of tissue surrounding the nail. Called also perionychia. (references)

Medicine

Inflammation of the nailfold with separation of the skin from the proximal portion of the nail. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Paronychia

Synonym: genus Paronychia (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Paronychia

English words defined with "paronychia": genus ParonychiaWhitlow grass, whitlowwort. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Paronychia" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Dutch (paronychia).

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Expression: Paronychia

Expression using "paronychia": genus Paronychia. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Paronychia

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

paronychia

93

paronychia treatment

4

chronic paronychia

3

paronychia picture

2
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Modern Translations: Paronychia

Language Translations for "paronychia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

paronychion. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

perionyxis, paronychia, ontsteking van het nagelbed. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

paronykia, märkäinen kynnenvierustulehdus, kynsivallin tulehdus, kynnenvierustulehdus. (various references)

   

French

  

périonyxis, périonyxis. (various references)

   

German

  

Paronychie, Paronchie. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

η παρά τον όνυχα φλεγμονή. (various references)

   

Italian

  

paronichia. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aronychiapay

   

Portuguese

  

paroniquia, paroníquia. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zanoktica (agnail, cuticle, hangnail). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

paroniquia. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

paronychi, nagelrotsinflammation. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Paronychia"

Words rhyming with "paronychia" (pronounced 'Par`o*nych"i*a'): Actinia, Agraphia, Alexia, Amia, Amphibiotica, Anaphrodisia, Anatifa, Aplysia, Archiannelida, Arthrodynia, Battalia, Brachia, Cassiopeia, Cecidomyia, Cilia, Crocodilia, Cynorexia, d8Gregarinida, Daira, Decagynia, Digynia, Discodactylia, Dodecagynia, Domina, Duboisia, Equinia, Eschscholtzia, Euryalida, Eutexia, Fidia, forsythia, Fritillaria, Garcinia, Geophila, Geropigia, Gloxinia, Gonimia, harmonica, Hematophilia, hemophilia, hepatica, Heptagynia, Hexactinia, Hexagynia, Homotaxia, Hygeia, hyperpyrexia, Inia, Ixia, japonica, Jeropigia, jinrikisha, Lacertilia, Lacinia, LAMINA, Lithia, Lucernarida, Maia, majolica, Melopoeia, memorabilia, Miliola, Monogynia, Narica, natica, Neocarida, Notabilia, Octogynia, Onomatopoeia, Onychia, Orgyia, Ornithoscelida, Pagina, Paleocarida, patina, Pentagynia, Pharmacopoeia, Planarida, Pleurobrachia, Pleurodynia, Polyactinia, Polygynia, Polynia, Principia, Prosopopoeia, Pycnogonida, Pyrexia, Quadragesima, Quinquagesima, Raia, Reptilia, retina, Robinia, Rudbeckia, Rytina, Sapucaia, Scaglia, Sedilia, Semita, Septuagesima, Sexagesima, silica, siliqua, Simia, Stellerida, Strelitzia, Sudamina, Supramaxilla, Tachina, Tafia, Taglia, Tanghinia, Tetragynia, Theorica, Thoracica, tibia, Trigynia, vaccinia, Valkyria, Venatica, VERONICA, Virginia, Vomica, Welwitschia. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Paronychia

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-h-i-n-o-p-r-y"

-1 letter: anaphoric, pharaonic.

-2 letters: paranoic, prochain.

-3 letters: anaphor, anarchy, aphonia, aphonic, charpai, charpoy, ciphony, cyprian, haircap, ocarina, panocha, piranha.

-4 letters: acinar, anarch, anchor, anopia, apiary, archon, arnica, cairny, canary, canopy, carhop, carina, chirpy, choana, chopin, coprah, crania, crayon, harpin, hypnic, inarch, orphan, orphic, painch, pariah, parian, phonic, picara, picaro, piracy, pirana, piraya, poachy, rancho, raphia.

-5 letters: acari, acorn, apian, apron, cairn, capon, carny, carpi, chain, chair, chary, chiao, china, chino, chiro, chirp, choir, copra, coria, corny, crony, cyano, hairy, harpy, hoary, horny, ichor, irony, nacho, naira, narco, naric, noria, ochry, orach, orcin, orpin, pacha, panic, parch, payor, phony, piano, pinch, poach, porch, porny, pricy, prion, pyran, pyric, racon, rainy, ranch, rayah, rayon, rhino, roach, yapon, yonic.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-h-i-n-o-p-r-y"
 

+3 letters: anaphorically.

 

+4 letters: cinematography.

 

+5 letters: cholangiography, hypochondriacal, neuropathically, pharmacodynamic, phonogramically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Paronychia


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 61 72 6F 6E 79 63 68 69 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100001 01110010 01101111 01101110 01111001 01100011 01101000 01101001 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#97 &#114 &#111 &#110 &#121 &#99 &#104 &#105 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 0072 006F 006E 0079 0063 0068 0069 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50678481809169747567

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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