Whitlow

Word WHITLOW
Character 7
Hyphenation whit low
Pronunciations /ˈwɪt.loʊ/

Definitions and meanings of "Whitlow"

What do we mean by whitlow?

A suppurative inflammation of the deeper tissues of a finger, usually of the terminal phalanx; felon, panaritium, or paronychia. noun

An inflammatory disease of the feet in sheep. It occurs around the hoof, where an acrid matter collects, which ought to be discharged. noun

An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation may occupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually applied to a felon or inflammation of the periosteal structures of the bone. noun

An inflammatory disease of the feet. It occurs round the hoof, where an acrid matter is collected. noun

Name given to several inconspicuous herbs, which were thought to be a cure for the whitlow, as Saxifraga tridactylites, Draba verna, and several species of Paronychia. noun

An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail. noun

A purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail noun

An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.

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The word "whitlow" in example sentences

A so-called whitlow is a boil on the tip of a finger. ❋ JOHN LUST (2003)

Ninnis suffered pain owing to a "whitlow" on one of his fingers. ❋ Douglas Mawson (1920)

As many as 30 different species grow, among them Alpine bartsia Bartsia alpina, Alpine bistort Polygonum viviparum, Unalaska fleabane Erigeron humilis and thick-leaved whitlow grass Draba crassifolia. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"The bottomline is that Nigerians want to know the truth, even if it is whitlow, the nation needs to know," he said. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Then, in a distant Missionary way he asked them certain questions, — as why little Joe had that hole in his frill, who said, Pa, Flopson was going to mend it when she had time, — and how little Fanny came by that whitlow, who said, ❋ Unknown (2007)

Somethin 'like' ya fuckin 'whitlow Tommae - WHITLOW!'. ❋ Unknown (1997)

I cured a ringworm and lanced a whitlow under a thumbnail. ❋ Smith, Wilbur, 1933- (1993)

The truth is, we had read amiss, and the Queen had spelt amiss: the word was "Fellon," -- a sort of whitlow, -- not "Fellow." ❋ Various (N/A)

He that says that the doctor's skill is wanted in the case of a slight skin-eruption or whitlow, but is not needed in the case of pleurisy, fever, or lunacy, in what respect does he differ from the man that says that schools and teaching and precepts are only for small and boyish duties, while great and important matters are to be left to mere routine and accident? ❋ 46-120? Plutarch (N/A)

In common whitlow of the finger, how the arteries of the arm, the brachial in particular, throb, is well known. ❋ Various (N/A)

If a gouty person desire to get rid of his troubles, he is recommended to bore a hole in an oak, and deposit the parings of his nails therein; and if one has whitlow in his finger, the pain might be transferred to the domestic cat by rubbing the sore finger with the ears of the animal. ❋ James Grant (N/A)

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. ❋ C. W. Wolf (N/A)

This disease which causes so much distress in life, is likewise, in its essential nature, an outbirth of psora, and, as regards its local character and its effects upon the constitution of the patient, it seems to be characterized by the same inflammatory and suppurative process as whitlow, and be endowed with a similar tendency to organic destruction. ❋ C. W. Wolf (N/A)

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. ❋ C. W. Wolf (N/A)

There was this whitlow on her middle finger and she mucked about with it and got some sort of infection. ❋ Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 (1939)

Krause was suffering from an exceedingly painful whitlow in the thumb of his left hand, she said, and he had come to see a doctor and to have the whitlow cut. ❋ Johanna Brandt (1920)

For some days Ninnis had been enduring the throbbing pain of a whitlow and had not been having sufficient sleep. ❋ Douglas Mawson (1920)

They all come to Him, whether it's toothache or bronchitis or the influenza, or a housemaid with a whitlow on her finger, and He prescribes for all. ❋ May Sinclair (1904)

I believe many dilettante authors do cocker themselves up into a great jealousy of anything that interferes with what they are pleased to call their fame: but I should as soon think of nursing one of my own fingers into a whitlow for my private amusement as encouraging such a feeling. ❋ Ainger, Alfred, 1837-1904 (1903)

For several months a woman had suffered from an ulcer of the middle finger of the right hand, in consequence of a whitlow; there was loss of the 3d phalanx, and the whole of the articular surface and part of the compact bony structure of the 2d. ❋ Unknown (1896)

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