whitlow.
Inflammation and/or infection in the cuticle and/or the nailbed of a fingernail or toenail.
Meaning & usage
Inflammation and/or infection in the cuticle and/or the nailbed of a fingernail or toenail.
Where this word comes from
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.
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