whitlow

English

Etymology

Alteration of whitflaw, the first element coming from either Dutch vijt or Low German fit (“abscess”). See flaw.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪt.loʊ/, /ˈʍɪt.loʊ/

Noun

whitlow (plural whitlows)

An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd:
  'Twas a bad leg allowed me to read the Pilgrim's Progress, and Mark Clark learnt All-Fours in a whitlow.

Synonyms

paronychia
wicklow (common misspelling in some regions)

Coordinate terms

agnail, hangnail

Translations

an infection

Chinese:
Mandarin: 瘭 (zh) (biāo), 肉刺 (zh) (ròucì)
Finnish: kynsinauhantulehdus
French: panaris (fr) m
German: Panaritium (de) n
Italian: paronichia f

Japanese: 瘭疽 (ひょうそ, hyōso)
Polish: zastrzał m
Portuguese: paroníquia f, panarício m, unheiro (pt) m
Russian: панари́ций (ru) m (panarícij)
Spanish: panadizo m

Further reading

“whitlow” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

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