Infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe

• Low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants
• Whitlowworts

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A paronychia (; from para , "around" and onukh- , "nail") is a nail disease that is an often-tender bacterial or fungal infection of the hand or foot where the nail and skin meet at the side or the base of a finger or toenail . The infection can start suddenly ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts [syn: genus Paronychia ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Paronychia \Par`o*nych"i*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. parwnychi`a; para` beside + 'o`nyx, 'o`nychos, a nail[1].] (Med.) A whitlow, or felon[3]. --Quincy.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
inflammation beside a fingernail, 1590s, from Latin, from Greek paronykhia "whitlow," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + onyx "nail" (see nail (n.)) + abstract noun ending -ia .