onychite

[ONYCHO-.] Petrol.: A kind of marble. on--cho-, pref . [Gr. onyx (gen it. onychos)=a finger-nail, a claw, a hoof.] A nail, a claw, the meaning completed by the second element of the word. ō-ných -ở-măn-çỹ, s . [Pref. onycho- , and Gr. manteia prophecy, divination.) Divination by means of the nails of the fingers." on--chō-my-co-sis, s . [Pref. onycho-, and Gr. mykes a fungus.] Pathol.: Favus of the nails. (FAVUs.] When tinea is established on the scalp it produces itching; scratching follows, and some of fungi are transferred to the parts beneath the nail, where they kill the coral animals. This series of events was repeated more than once. Islands in the sea had a vegetation of Cycads, Ferns, Coniferæ, . Reptiles abounded, birds had apparently come into being [ARCHEOPTERYX], and mammals of the Marsupial type. Some trap rocks in the Morea, in the A pennines, ., seem to have proceeded from volcanoes active at this time, and some granites in the Alps appear contemporaneous. [JURASSIC.] 3. Comm., .: Some of the oõlitic limestones are excellent for building. IMG:content-0296.png:[blocks in formation]