English-Thai Dictionary

whitlow

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WHITLOW

n. 1. In surgery, paronychia, a swelling or inflammation about the nails or ends of the fingers, or affecting one or more of the phalanges of the fingers, generally terminating in an abscess. There are four or five varieties of this swelling. 1. The cutaneous paronychia, which raises the cuticle, forming a kind of vesicle filled with a limpid serum, or bloody fluid. 2. The subcutaneous paronychia, a tumor attended with acute pain. It is seated in the cellular membrane under the skin. 3. The subungual paronychia, which occurs under the nail. It commences with inflammatory symptoms, but is less painful than the former. 4. There is also the paronychia of the periosteum, and the paronychia of the tendons or theca.
2. In sheep, the whitlow is a disease of the feet, of an inflammatory kind. It occurs round the hoof, where an acrid matter is collected, which ought to be discharged.

 

WHITLOW-GRASS

n. 1. Mountain knotgrass, a species of Illecebrium.
2. A name given to certain species of Draba.
The rue-leaved whitlow-grass is a species of Saxifraga.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WHITLOW

Whit "low, n. Etym: [Prov. E. whickflaw, for quickflaw, i. e., a flaw or sore at the quick; cf. Icel. kvika the quick under the nail or under a horse's hoof. See Quick, a., and Flaw. ]

 

1. (Med. )

 

Defn: An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation may occupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually applied to a felon or inflammation of the periosteal structures of the bone.

 

2. (Far. )

 

Defn: An inflammatory disease of the feet. It occurs round the hoof, where an acrid matter is collected. Whitlow grass (Bot. ), name given to several inconspicuous herbs, which were thought to be a cure for the whitlow, as Saxifraga tridactylites, Draba verna, and several species of Paronychia.

 

WHITLOW-WORT

WHITLOW-WORT Whit "low-wort `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

whitlow

whit low |ˈ (h )witˌlō ˈwɪtloʊ | ▶noun an abscess in the soft tissue near a fingernail or toenail. ORIGIN late Middle English (also as whitflaw, -flow ), apparently from white + flaw 1 in the sense ‘crack, ’ but perhaps related to Dutch fijt ‘whitlow. ’

 

whitlow grass

whit low grass ▶noun a dwarf European plant with a rosette of leaves at the base of a low flowering stem, growing widely on rocks and walls. It was formerly believed to cure whitlows. [Genus Erophila, family Brassicaceae: several species, in particular E. verna. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

whitlow

whitlow |ˈwɪtləʊ | ▶noun an abscess in the soft tissue near a fingernail or toenail. ORIGIN late Middle English (also as whitflaw, -flow ), apparently from white + flaw 1 in the sense ‘crack ’, but perhaps related to Dutch fijt ‘whitlow ’.

 

whitlow-grass

whitlow-grass ▶noun [ mass noun ] a dwarf European plant with a rosette of leaves at the base of a low flowering stem, growing widely on rocks and walls. It was formerly believed to cure whitlows. ●Genus Erophila, family Cruciferae: several species, in particular E. verna.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

whitlow

whit low /(h )wɪ́tloʊ /名詞 C U 〘医 〙瘭疽 （ひようそ ） 〘手足の指先の化膿 （かのう ）性炎症 〙.