Sentence example with the word 'whitlow'

whitlow

Definition n. a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail

Last update: August 20, 2015


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Thus when inflammation occurs in the finger, as in a whitlow, the pain is not only constantly severe, but it is increased by every pulsation of the heart, and thus has a throbbing character.   [Please select]

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She has a whitlow, and it's time to lance it.   [Please select]

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Then, in a distant Missionary way he asked them certain questions,as why little Joe had that hole in his frill, who said, Pa, Flopson was going to mend it when she had time,and how little Fanny came by that whitlow, who said, Pa, Millers was going to poultice it when she didn't forget.   [Please select]

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Rose sat down, but did not seem to find her "word" an easy one to utter, for she twisted her handkerchief about her fingers in embarrassed silence till Mac put on his glasses and, after a keen look, asked soberly: "Is it a splinter, a cut, or a whitlow, ma'am."'   [Please select]

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