(a.) 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.
(a.) An inflammatory disease of the feet. It occurs round the hoof, where an acrid matter is collected.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two patients had herpes simplex infection of the fingertips (herpetic whitlow) associated with herpetic keratitis.
(2) The positive beneficial results indicate that aggressive iontophoretic treatment for herpetic whitlow is useful and justified.
(3) Herpetic whitlow can be distinguished from a paronychia by the lack of a tense pulp space, formation of vesicles, and serous (rather than purulent) drainage.
(4) Primary and recurrent herpetic whitlow respond to acyclovir.
(5) Burton, meanwhile, have put head of academy Mike Whitlow in caretaker charge, assisted by senior players Ian Sharps and Lee Bell.
(6) In December 1987, we investigated an increased number of cases of herpetic whitlow in medical intensive care unit nurses who routinely gloved for secretion contact.
(7) Herpetic whitlow, caused by herpes simplex, looks similar to other infections of the digit but pursues a self-limited course, resolving in 3 to 4 weeks; surgical treatment is strongly contraindicated.
(8) Herpes simplex viral infection of the digits, also known as herpetic whitlow, is a rather common hand problem encountered in dental and medical personnel.
(9) Results of the treatment of 100 patients with bony, bony-articular panaritium, thecal whitlow and pandactylitis are described.
(10) Often these "herpetic whitlows" were caused by H. hominis type 1 and occurred in medical personnel.
(11) The least alterations were observed in the serous stage of unguinal panaritium and subcutaneous whitlow in patients from 15 to 25 years of age with the term of the disease 1-2 days.
(12) The crystal structure has been determined by molecular replacement methods, using an energy-minimized alpha 1-P model structure derived from crambin (Whitlow and Teeter: Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 2:831-848, 1985, Journal of the American Chemical Society 108:7163-7172, 1986).
(13) An employee with active herpetic whitlow must wear a glove on the involved hand while working in patient care areas.
(14) Controlled studies of acyclovir therapy for herpetic whitlow have not been done; however, its use by health care providers to treat the symptoms of herpetic whitlow and a review of the disease are discussed in this case report.
(15) We report a case of an adult whose first herpetic whitlow was complicated by secondary periungual abscesses that progressed despite intravenous antimicrobial therapy.
(16) A recent series of 13 recurrent "herpetic whitlows" yielded 11 isolates of H. hominis type 2 and only two of H. hominis type 1.
(17) An unusual case of a gangrenous herpetic whitlow is reported.
(18) However, a difficult therapeutic dilemma occurs when a whitlow is seen with an established bacterial abscess.
(19) Herpetic whitlow is a herpes simplex virus infection of the finger.
(20) The recurrence of herpetic whitlow suggests that the infection persists for life.
Wicklow
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) On a clear day you can see the Timahoe round tower to the south, the Wicklow mountains to the east and the Slieve Bloom mountains to the west, but even when the skies are hazy, the views are majestic.
(2) But for all the acute observation and reflection the Wicklow Way inspired, it was also - for this is Ireland - very social.
(3) Photograph: Alamy For a fabulous day trip, visit the Powerscourt Estate, about 20 miles south of the city under the Wicklow Mountains .
(4) Within just a few hours, I was high up in the heathery hills, granite outcrops and peat-coloured streams of the humpy Wicklow mountains.
(5) Tom Gelletlie Rathnew, County Wicklow, Ireland • I know I’m only 72 and three-quarters but I’ve never looked forward to something so much in all my life.
(6) There have been excavations across the border in the mountains of County Wicklow, the beaches of Co Louth and the bogs of Co Meath and Co Monaghan.
(7) Just south of Djouce was a 3km-long raised boardwalk of beautifully weathered railway sleepers, conserving the saturated blanket bog and speeding me along to a memorial boulder to JB Malone, the "Wainwright of Ireland" who established the idea of the Wicklow Way in 1966.
(8) Wicklow Way Baggage (+86 269 8659, wicklowwaybaggage.com ).
(9) It was in this unlikely setting, among the playgrounds, tennis courts and miniature railway, that I strode onto one of Ireland's great long-distance walking routes: the Wicklow Way.
(10) There have been previous protests outside the home of Sean FitzPatrick in Co Wicklow and in addition back in 2010 a general threat from dissident republicans in a communiqué to the Guardian that they were monitoring the actions of "banks and bankers" in Ireland .
(11) Wicklow Way route and accommodation details: wicklowway.com .
(12) • Doubles from €99 B&B, +353 1 668 5512, ariel-house.net Wicklow: Glendalough and Knockree Hostels Facebook Twitter Pinterest Knockree Hostel The sixth-century monastic settlement of Glendalough, with its 30-metre-high round tower and granite arched gateway, is one of Ireland’s most impressive and important historical sites.
(13) • Bridge Street, mattmolloy.com , Clifford's Connacht Champion ¤4 a pint Porterhouse, Dublin A former criminal barrister with a passion for ale, Oliver Hughes founded the first Porterhouse bar in Bray, County Wicklow, in 1989.
(14) The tour leaves from the International Bar, Wicklow Street, takes two hours and costs €13pp.
(15) Back in Wicklow, he says, he can happily doss away weeks and months with them without so much as a blink.
(16) Dalton Philips, who is the son of a County Wicklow egg farmer, will succeed Marc Bolland in March.
(17) Essential guides: The Wicklow Way Map Guide ( eastwestmapping.ie ), The Wicklow Way ( rucsacs.com ).
(18) His remains were found in bogland in Co Wicklow in November 2008.
(19) Thirty kilometres to the north (and just to the south of Dublin), also on the famed Wicklow Way walking route , is the newer, purpose-built Knockree Youth Hostel (dorm bed €20pp, doubles from €60, breakfast €5, +353 1 830 4555) handy for trips to handsome Powerscourt House and Gardens .
(20) Day-Lewis would much rather be home in County Wicklow, Ireland, but the film's producer, Harvey Weinstein, measures out his life in Oscar nominations and is determined that his actors put in the groundwork.