Definition

1. Noun:
   • Whitlow, felon: A painful bacterial infection, often with pus, affecting the soft tissue around a fingernail or toenail. It is a type of abscess.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy bị chín mé ở ngón tay cái. (He has a whitlow on his thumb.)
  • Chín mé gây sưng tấy và đau nhức dữ dội. (A whitlow causes swelling and severe throbbing pain.)

Advanced Usage

• The term chín mé is specific to this medical condition and is not typically used in figurative or idiomatic expressions.

Variants and Related Words

• Nhọt (noun): A boil or furuncle (a different type of skin abscess, not specifically around the nail).
• Áp-xe (noun): An abscess (a more general medical term for a collection of pus).

Synonyms

• Panaris: The French-derived medical term, often used in formal or medical contexts in Vietnamese.
• Felon: Another English medical term for a similar infection, specifically of the fingertip pulp.

Related Phrases / Idioms

• There are no common idioms or phrasal verbs directly using chín mé.

noun

1. Whitlow
   • ngón tay bị chín mé rất lâu
     to have a very painful whitlow on a finger