whitlow (redirected from melanotic whitlow)

whit·low  (hwtl, wt-)

n.

See felon².

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[Alteration of Middle English whitflawe : perhaps alteration (influenced by white, white) of Middle Dutch vijt, abscess (variant of fijk, fijt, from Latin fcus, fig, fig-shaped swelling, piles) + Middle English flaue, splinter, flaw; see flaw¹.]

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whitlow

Noun

an inflamed sore on the end of a finger or toe [originally white + flaw]

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Noun

1.

whitlow - a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail felon infection - the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms