An infection of the skin fold around the nail is called:
A) paronychia.
B) onychia.
C) onychophagia.
D) perionychitis.
A) paronychia.
Paronychia is an infection of the skin fold around the nail. Onychia is an infection
of the nail bed. Onychophagia is commonly known as nail-biting. Perionychitis is not a properly
built medical term.
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