whitlow
Inflammation and/or infection in the cuticle and/or the nailbed of a fingernail or toenailInflammation and/or infection in the cuticle and/or the nailbed of a fingernail or toenail.
Meaning
1 sensesInflammation and/or infection in the cuticle and/or the nailbed of a fingernail or toenail.
Near-synonyms: paronychia (in the cuticle), onychia (in the nailbed)
Nagelgeschwür, Panaritium
панари́цийpanarícij
пароні́хіяparoníxija, загні́тникzahnítnyk
- a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail
Translations
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Origin
From Late Middle English, an alteration of whitflaw, with the first element deriving eitheFrom Late Middle English, an alteration of whitflaw, with the first element deriving either from Middle Dutch vijt or Low German fit (“abscess”), borrowed from Latin fīcus (“fig-shaped (ulcer)”), though also influenced by white. The Latin loan also existed in other languages, such as Old English fic (“hemorrhoids”). See flaw.
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Forms
plural: whitlowsSynonyms
5 synonyms- a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail:felon
Word family
3 related wordsSee also
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