onychomycosis
/ˌɑnɪkoʊmaɪˈkoʊsɪs/noun
onychomycosis is a noun meaning “Fungal infection of the nail, especially the toenail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-N-Y-C-H-O-M-Y-C-O-S-I-S, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of onychomycosis is onychomycoses.
What does onychomycosis mean?
noun
- 1
Fungal infection of the nail, especially the toenail.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce onychomycosis?
- UK /ˌɒnɪkəʊmaɪˈkəʊsɪs/
- US /ˌɑnɪkoʊmaɪˈkoʊsɪs/
- Canada /ˌɒnɪkoʊmaɪˈkoʊsɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of onychomycosis
- onychomycoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is onychomycosis?
Onychomycosis appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Onychomycosis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fungal infection of nail:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | onychomycose |
| Portuguese | onicomicose |
| Spanish | onicomicosis, tiña de las uñas |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does onychomycosis come from?
From onycho- + mycosis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).