WHITLOW

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

felon; whitlow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("whitlow" is a kind of...):

infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)

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