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paronychia

/,pærə'nɪkiə/

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noun
low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts
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genus paronychia

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caryophylloid dicot genus
noun
infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe
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infection

Definition that contains paronychia

whitlowwort any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves; widespread throughout warm regions of both Old and New Worlds; formerly thought to cure whitlows (suppurative infections around a fingernail)