onychectomy

Etymology

onych- (“nail”) + -ectomy

noun

  1. (medicine) The surgical removal of a fingernail or toenail.
  2. (veterinary medicine) Surgically remove the distal phalange of each digit of the forefeet of a cat.
    A good example of the potential discrepancy between human and feline goals is onychectomy, or declawing. 2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, page 17

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