Associations to the word «Whitlow»

Wiktionary

WHITLOW, noun. An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.

Dictionary definition

WHITLOW, noun. A purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne