whitlow
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- 16
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Definition of whitlow
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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An infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.
“'Twas a bad leg allowed me to read the Pilgrim's Progress, and Mark Clark learnt All-Fours in a whitlow.”
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noun
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An infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.
“'Twas a bad leg allowed me to read the Pilgrim's Progress, and Mark Clark learnt All-Fours in a whitlow.”
name
- A surname.
- A locality in the Gwydir council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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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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