Associations to the word «Paronychia»

Wiktionary

PARONYCHIA, noun. (medicine) An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.

Dictionary definition

PARONYCHIA, noun. Infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe.
PARONYCHIA, noun. Low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts.

Wise words

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams