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onychectomy /on·y·chec·to·my/ (on?i-kek´tah-me) excision of a nail or nail bed.
onychectomy excision of a claw or nail or claw or nail bed. A surgical procedure carried out on single, damaged or diseased claws and at other times in domestic cats for social reasons and exotic cats, canines and ursids for the well-being of handlers and cage-mates. nail clipper onychectomy a guillotine-type nail clipper is used to remove the third phalanx in cats. |
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95, Smart Practice) Soft Paws Nail Caps are safe, adhesive claw caps for kitties that will keep your friend's furniture free from harm without her having to declaw or clip her cat's natural nails. If we can declaw an analog [of thalidomide] so that it is nontoxic to the embryos, we will truly have a wonder drug," says Trent D. This year, Assemblyman Paul Koretz of West Hollywood, one of the most consistently silly Democrats, has authored AB 1857, making it a crime to declaw exotic cats. |
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