loading...| Preferred Name |
paronychia |
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| Synonyms |
onychia and paronychia of toe infected nailfold fungal nail infection paronychia onychia and paronychia of finger paronychia (disease) paronychia inflammation |
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| Definitions |
An acute or chronic infection of the soft tissues around the nail. Symptoms include pain, tenderness, erythema, and swelling around the nail. Acute infection results from minor trauma to the fingertip and Staphylococcus aureus is usually the causative agent. Chronic infection is usually caused by Candida albicans. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0005898 |
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| has_exact_synonym |
onychia and paronychia of toe infected nailfold fungal nail infection paronychia onychia and paronychia of finger paronychia (disease) |
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| has_related_synonym |
paronychia inflammation |
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| IAO_0000589 |
paronychia (disease) |
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| label |
paronychia |
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| prefixIRI |
MONDO:0005898 |
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| prefLabel |
paronychia |
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| textual definition |
An acute or chronic infection of the soft tissues around the nail. Symptoms include pain, tenderness, erythema, and swelling around the nail. Acute infection results from minor trauma to the fingertip and Staphylococcus aureus is usually the causative agent. Chronic infection is usually caused by Candida albicans. |
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