Medical term:
onychectomy
onychectomy
[on″ĭ-kek´to-me]excision of a nail or nail bed.
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on·y·chec·to·my
(on'i-kek'tŏ-mē),1. Ablation of a toenail or fingernail.
2. veterinary medicine Surgical removal in felines of distal phalanges of all digits of forefeet, less commonly of hind feet. Procedure involves disarticulation of the P2/P3 junction and subsequent removal of entire P3 bone, at the terminus of which the claw is seated.
Synonym(s): declawing
[onycho- + G. ektomē, excision]
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onychectomy
(ŏn′ĭ-kĕk′tə-mē)n.
Surgical removal of a toenail or fingernail.
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on·y·chec·to·my
(on'i-kek'tŏ-mē)Ablation of a toenail or fingernail.
[onycho- + G. ektomē, excision]
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