Whitlow

  • 11whitlow grass — /ˈwɪtloʊ gras/ (say witloh grahs) noun any of several small herbaceous plants as vernal whitlow grass, Erophila verna, and Chilean whitlow grass, Paronychia brasiliana, a troublesome weed of lawns. {so called because once believed to cure… …

  • 12whitlow-grass — anksta statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bastutinių (Brassicaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Draba). atitikmenys: lot. Draba angl. whitlow grass vok. Felsenblümchen; Hungerblümchen rus. крупка lenk. głodek …

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  • 13whitlow-wort — whitˈlow wort noun Any of a number of plants of the genus Paronychia • • • Main Entry: ↑whitlow …

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  • 14whitlow — noun Etymology: Middle English whitflawe, whitflowe, whitlowe Date: 14th century a deep usually suppurative inflammation of the finger or toe especially near the end or around the nail called also felon …

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  • 15whitlow — /hwit loh, wit /, n. an inflammation of the deeper tissues of a finger or toe, esp. of the terminal phalanx, usually producing suppuration. Also called felon. [1350 1400; ME whit(f)lowe, whitflawe. See WHITE, FLAW1] * * * …

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  • 16whitlow — noun /ˈwɪt.loʊ,ˈʍɪt.loʊ/ An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail. Syn: paronychia, wicklow …

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  • 17whitlow — Purulent infection through a perionychial fold causing an abscess of the bulbous distal end of a finger. SYN: felon. [M.E. whitflawe] herpetic w. painful herpes simplex virus infection of a finge …

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  • 18whitlow — see FLAKE …

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  • 19whitlow — whit·low || hwɪtləʊ / w n. painful abscess on the side of the nail at the end of a finger or toe …

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  • 20whitlow — n. (Med.) Felon …

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