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onychomycosis Med.|ˌɒnɪkəʊmaɪˈkəʊsɪs|
Pl. -mycoses.
[f. as onychogryphosis + mycosis.]
Fungal infection of a finger- or toe-nail, causing brittleness and discoloration.
1865Dublin Q. Jrnl. Med. Sci. XL. 353 (heading) Two cases of onychomycosis. 1887Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. V. 104/2 The onychomycoses are..of only two kinds, that due to favus, and tinea tricophytina. 1954A. C. Allen Skin xiii. 460/2 Onychomycosis is caused by many species of Trichophyton as well as by Epidermophyton floccosum, several species of Aspergillus, and Candida albicans. 1975Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 5 Mar. 2/1 Onychomycosis (also called ringworm of the nails) is caused by a fungus infection. |