whitlow
Senso (Inglese)
An infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.
sinonimi
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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈʍɪt.loʊ/
Etimologia (Inglese)
In summary
Late Middle English, alteration of whitflaw, the first element coming from either 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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