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whitlow


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whitlow  \Whit"low\,  n.  [Prov.  E.  whickflaw  for  quickflaw  i. 
  e.,  a  flaw  or  sore  at  the  quick;  cf  Icel.  kvika  the  quick 
  under  the  nail  or  under  a  horse's  hoof.  See  {Quick},  a.,  and 
  {Flaw}.] 
  1.  (Med.)  An  inflammation  of  the  fingers  or  toes,  generally 
  of  the  last  phalanx,  terminating  usually  in  suppuration. 
  The  inflammation  may  occupy  any  seat  between  the  skin  and 
  the  bone,  but  is  usually  applied  to  a  felon  or 
  inflammation  of  the  periosteal  structures  of  the  bone. 
 
  2.  (Far.)  An  inflammatory  disease  of  the  feet.  It  occurs 
  round  the  hoof,  where  an  acrid  matter  is  collected. 
 
  {Whitlow  grass}  (Bot.),  name  given  to  several  inconspicuous 
  herbs,  which  were  thought  to  be  a  cure  for  the  whitlow,  as 
  {Saxifraga  tridactylites},  {Draba  verna},  and  several 
  species  of  {Paronychia}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  whitlow 
  n  :  a  purulent  infection  at  the  end  of  a  finger  or  toe  in  the 
  area  surrounding  the  nail  [syn:  {felon}] 




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