Pachyonychia means abnormally thick fingernails or toenails. This thickness is usually extreme and present since birth. Pachyonychia comes from the Greek word "pachys" meaning "thick," and the Greek word "onyx" meaning "nail." Put the words together and you have "thick nail."

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