onychectomy
[ ŏn′ĭ-kĕk′tə-mē ]
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n.
Surgical removal of a toenail or fingernail.
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Words nearby onychectomy
on welfare, ony, onychalgia, onychatrophia, onychauxis, onychectomy, onychia, onycho-, onychoclasis, onychodystrophy, onychograph
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