whitlow
/ˈʍɪt.loʊ/
whitlow noun: inflammation and/or infection in the cuticle and/or the nailbed of a fingernail or toenail.
Noun
whitlow (plural whitlows)
- 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)
- 'Twas a bad leg allowed me to read the Pilgrim's Progress, and Mark Clark learnt All-Fours in a whitlow.1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- felon, nimpingang, wicklow, paronychia, onychia
Proper noun capitalized: Whitlow
Whitlow (plural Whitlows)
- A surname.
- A locality in the Gwydir council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
whitlow meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Kannada
whitlow in Tamil
- நகச்சுற்று, நகத்தடிப்புற்று, நகப்புற்று, படுவன்
whitlow in Urdu
- چھلوری
whitlow in Telugu
- whitlow
- గోరుచుట్టు gōrucuṭṭu
whitlow in Kannada
- ಉಗುರುಸುತ್ತು
More languagesFewer languages
- whitlow in Arabic
- دَاحِس dāḥis
Synonyms of whitlow
Forms of whitlow
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | whitlows |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Whitlows |
Origin of whitlow
From Late Middle English, an alteration of whitflaw, with the first element deriving either from 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.
Words formed from whitlow
Phrases with whitlow
Questions about whitlow
- What does whitlow mean?
- Whitlow means inflammation and/or infection in the cuticle and/or the nailbed of a fingernail or toenail.
- What is whitlow in Tamil?
- Whitlow in Tamil is நகச்சுற்று, நகத்தடிப்புற்று, நகப்புற்று. See Whitlow meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is whitlow?
- Whitlow can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce whitlow?
- Whitlow is pronounced /ˈʍɪt.loʊ/ (US).
- What is the plural of whitlow?
- The plural of whitlow is whitlows.
Words near whitlow in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: whitlow (page history and authors); Whitlow (page history and authors); whitlow (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); whitlow (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); గోరుచుట్టు (Telugu) (page history and authors); whitlow (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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