whitlow

/hwit-loh, wit-/US // ˈʰwɪt loʊ, ˈwɪt- //UK // (ˈwɪtləʊ) //

瘭疽,瘭疽病,瘭疽疽,瘭疽病人

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : an inflammation of the deeper tissues of a finger or toe, especially of the terminal phalanx, usually producing suppuration.

“They should only give these to responsible people,” said one of the students, David Whitlow.
For some days Ninnis had been enduring the throbbing pain of a whitlow and had not been having sufficient sleep.
Panaritium, pan-a-rish′i-um, n. suppurative inflammation in a finger—same as whitlow.
To cure a whitlow, put the finger affected a quarter of an hour every day into a Cats ear.
By this time Whitlow had picked himself up and was brushing his garments.
Insertion in hot water will also cure that troublesome and very painful ailment, the whitlow.