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perionychium
 
SYLLABICATION:per·i·o·nych·i·um
PRONUNCIATION:  pr--nk-m
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. per·i·o·nych·i·a (--)
The border of epidermal tissue surrounding a fingernail or toenail.
ETYMOLOGY:New Latin : peri– + Greek onux, onukh-, nail; see nogh- in Appendix I.
 
 
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