whitlow
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of whitlow
1350–1400; Middle English whit ( f ) lowe, whitflawe. See white, flaw 1
Example Sentences
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According to the NHS website, the symptoms of a whitlow can vary from a small bump to open lesions - meaning they can go undetected.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2021
He says it is possible the surgeon may have had a herpetic whitlow - a herpes infection on the finger - which could have "directly seeded the herpes into the abdomen of the women".
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2021
She has a whitlow, and it's time to lance it.
From Jo's Boys by Alcott, Louisa May
These explanations likewise point out the true course to be pursued, in case we should at the outset find that a whitlow owes its existence to the psoric miasm.
From Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent by Wolf, C. W.
From all this we deduce the highly important practical rule: In a case of whitlow, first ascertain whether and how far Sulphur has been abused by the patient.
From Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent by Wolf, C. W.
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