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whitlow
[
hwit
-loh
,
wit
-
]
Origin
whit·low
/
ˈʰwɪt
loʊ
,
ˈwɪt-
/
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[
hwit
-loh
,
wit
-
]
Show IPA
noun
an inflammation of the deeper tissues of a finger or toe, especially of the terminal phalanx, usually producing suppuration.
Also called
felon.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
whit
(
f
)
lowe, whitflawe.
See
white
,
flaw
1
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World English Dictionary
whitlow
(ˈwɪtləʊ)
—
n
any pussy inflammation of the end of a finger or toe
[C14: changed from
whitflaw,
from
white
+
flaw
1
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
whitlow
"inflammation on a finger or toe," 1440, alteration of whitflaw (c.1400), from
flaw
, with first element possibly from Du. vijt or Low Ger. fit "abscess."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
whitlow
whit·low (wĭt'lō')
n.
See
felon
.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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