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whitlow
whitlow is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 16 · 3 senses
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- 1adjective
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.
- 2adjective
An inflammatory disease of the feet. It occurs round the hoof, where an acrid matter is collected.
- 3noun
a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail
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