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whitflaw

whitflaw is the obsolete form of whitlow.

Meaning of whitlow

Noun

whitlow (plural whitlows)

  1. Inflammation and/or infection in the cuticle and/or the nailbed of a fingernail or toenail.
    • Near-synonyms: paronychia (in the cuticle), onychia (in the nailbed)

See all 3 meanings of whitlow

Forms of whitflaw

pluralwhitflaws

Questions about whitflaw

What is whitflaw the obsolete form of?
Whitflaw is the obsolete form of whitlow.

Words near whitflaw in the dictionary

  1. Whitfieldian
  2. Whitfieldism
  3. Whitfieldite
  4. Whitfieldites
  5. Whitfields
  6. whitflaw
  7. whitflaws
  8. Whitford
  9. Whitfords
  10. Whitgift
  11. Whitgiftian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whitflaw (page history and authors); whitlow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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