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Medical Term

whitlow

INFLAMMATION in the fingur tip and usually an ABSCESS affecting the fat and fibrous tissues that comprise the pulp of the finger. whoop: the noisy and characteristic drawing in of breath following a coughing attack in WHOOPING COUGH .

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