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noun
The surgical removal of a fingernail or toenail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Surgically remove the distal phalange of each digit of the forefeet of a cat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, veterinary, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: declawing
Antonyms: none provided
History
From onych- (“nail”) + -ectomy.
