onychectomy

Meanings

Plural: onychectomies

Noun

The surgical removal of a fingernail or toenail.
Surgically remove the distal phalange of each digit of the forefeet of a cat.

Origin / Etymology

From onych- (“nail”) + -ectomy.

Synonyms

declawing

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