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Whitlow

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.

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The act or process of infecting.

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A person who has committed a felony.

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Accretion noun · 78% connection

A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.

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Adactylous adjective · 78% connection

Without fingers or without toes.

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Ambury noun · 78% connection

A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes.

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Athetosis noun · 78% connection

A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the fingers and toes.

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Barouche noun · 78% connection

A four-wheeled carriage, with a falling top, a seat on the outside for the driver, and two double seats on the inside arranged so that…

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Clubbing noun · 78% connection

a condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease

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Coach noun · 78% connection

A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, a…

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Complin noun · 78% connection

The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer o…

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Dermatitis noun · 78% connection

inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters

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Expiring adjective · 78% connection

Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating.

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Fanfoot noun · 78% connection

A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by t…

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Final adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term.

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Heart noun · 78% connection

The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the…

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Heteropelmous adjective · 78% connection

Having each of the two flexor tendons of the toes bifid, the branches of one going to the first and second toes; those of the other, t…

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Hexadactylous adjective · 78% connection

Having six fingers or toes.

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Imparidigitate adjective · 78% connection

Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc.

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Interdigital adjective · 78% connection

Between the fingers or toes; as, interdigital space.

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Ischium noun · 78% connection

The ventral and posterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; seat bone; the huckle bone.

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