What does whitlow mean?
Whitlow means An infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail..
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/ˈʍɪt.loʊ/ · noun
An infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail..
'Twas a bad leg allowed me to read the Pilgrim's Progress, and Mark Clark learnt All-Fours in a whitlow.
Use whitlow when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Whitlow means An infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail..
Common synonyms include felon, nimpingang, paronychia, wicklow.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
'Twas a bad leg allowed me to read the Pilgrim's Progress, and Mark Clark learnt All-Fours in a whitlow.
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