Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAR-O-NYCH'I-A
PAR-O-NO-MAS'TIC, or PAR-O-NO-MAS'TIC-ALPA-RON'Y-MOUS
PAR-O-NYCH'I-A, n. [Gr. παρωνυχια; παρα, by, and ονυξ, the nail.]
In surgery, a whitlow or felon. – Encyc.
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