noun
whitlow
Whitlow (noun) means Inflammation and/or infection in the cuticle and/or the nailbed of a fingernail or toenail.
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Inflammation and/or infection in the cuticle and/or the nailbed of a fingernail or toenail.
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Etymology
From 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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"whitlow" (noun) means inflammation and/or infection in the cuticle and/or the nailbed of a fingernail or toenail.