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单词 onychogryphosis
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Definition of onychogryphosis in English:

onychogryphosis

(also onychogryposis)
noun ˌɒnɪkəʊɡrɪˈfəʊsɪs
Medicine
  • Excessive growth, accompanied by thickening and curvature, of one or more nails (usually toenails).

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robley Dunglison (1798–1869), physician and medical writer. From onycho- + post-classical Latin gryphosis curvature of the nails from Byzantine Greek γρύπωσις hooking of the nails from ancient Greek γρυπῶσθαι to become hooked + -ωσις.

 
 

Definition of onychogryphosis in US English:

onychogryphosis

(also onychogryposis)
nounˌɒnɪkəʊɡrɪˈfəʊsɪs
Medicine
  • Excessive growth, accompanied by thickening and curvature, of one or more nails (usually toenails).

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robley Dunglison (1798–1869), physician and medical writer. From onycho- + post-classical Latin gryphosis curvature of the nails from Byzantine Greek γρύπωσις hooking of the nails from ancient Greek γρυπῶσθαι to become hooked + -ωσις.

 
 
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