whitlow

The nail disease paronychia (commonly known as felon or whitlow) is an often tender bacterial or fungal infection where the nail and skin meet at the side or the base of a finger or toenail. It can start suddenly (acute paronychia) or gradually (chronic paronychia).
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Zanokcica (łac. paronychia) - rodzaj ropowicy, zapalenie ropne związane z zakażeniem wałów paznokciowych, wokół paznokci palców dłoni lub stóp.
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whitlow
\whit"low\ (?), n. [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.) 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.) 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
n : a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail [syn: felon]



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 whitlow grass 
 whitlow-wort