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
WHUTTLE, s. whitlow, a gathering in the fingers.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Alexander Leighton
A third occurred at the Hopital de la Charite, in a woman, who, in consequence of a whitlow, had lost the whole of the 3d phalanx of one of the forefingers.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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 C. W. Wolf
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