"whitlow" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʍɪt.loʊ/ [US], /ˈwɪt.loʊ/ [US] Forms: whitlows [plural]
Etymology: Late Middle English, alteration of whitflaw, the first element coming from either 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|dum|vijt}} Middle Dutch vijt, {{der|en|nds|fit|t=abscess}} Low German fit (“abscess”), {{der|en|la|fīcus|t=fig-shaped (ulcer)}} Latin fīcus (“fig-shaped (ulcer)”), {{m|en|white}} white, {{cog|ang|fic|t=hemorrhoids}} Old English fic (“hemorrhoids”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} whitlow (plural whitlows)
  1. An infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail. Categories (topical): Diseases Synonyms: felon, nimpingang, paronychia, wicklow Derived forms: whitlow grass Related terms: paronychia, felon Coordinate_terms: agnail, hangnail Translations (infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail): دَاحِس (dāḥis) [masculine] (Arabic), مْشدّق (mšəddəq) [Moroccan-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), забиране (zabirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), (biāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 肉刺 (ròucì) (Chinese Mandarin), fijt [common-gender, neuter] (Dutch), panaritium [neuter] (Dutch), paroniĥio (Esperanto), kynsinauhantulehdus (Finnish), panaris [masculine] (French), formigo [masculine] (Galician), Nagelgeschwür [neuter] (German), Panaritium [neuter] (German), παρωνυχία (paronychía) [feminine] (Greek), giradito [masculine] (Italian), patereccio [masculine] (Italian), 瘭疽 (hyōso) (alt: ひょうそ) (Japanese), zastrzał [masculine] (Polish), panarício [masculine] (Portuguese), paroníquia [feminine] (Portuguese), unheiro [masculine] (Portuguese), panarițiu [masculine] (Romanian), панари́ций (panarícij) [masculine] (Russian), panaricij [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kukac [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), paronihija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), panadizo [masculine] (Spanish), пароні́хія (paroníxija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), загні́тник (zahnítnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), blanc doet [masculine] (Walloon), poirfi [masculine] (Walloon)

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      ],
      "word": "panarițiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "panarícij",
      "sense": "infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "панари́ций"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "panaricij"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kukac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paronihija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "panadizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "paroníxija",
      "sense": "infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пароні́хія"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zahnítnyk",
      "sense": "infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "загні́тник"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blanc doet"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poirfi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whitlow"
}

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