WHITLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whitlow mean? 

• WHITLOW (noun)
  The noun WHITLOW has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: WHITLOW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITLOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

felon; whitlow

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

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