"onychectomy" meaning in English

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        "The surgical removal of a fingernail or toenail."
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        "(medicine) The surgical removal of a fingernail or toenail."
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          "ref": "2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 17:",
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        "Surgically remove the distal phalange of each digit of the forefeet of a cat."
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        "(veterinary medicine) Surgically remove the distal phalange of each digit of the forefeet of a cat."
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