Middle English Dictionary Entry
panāricium n.
Entry Info
| Forms | panāricium n. Also panaris, pannariscium. |
| Etymology | ML paronicium, a metathesized form of CL paronychium; ult. Gk. The form panaris appears also in French and likely began there. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An inflamed swelling around a fingernail; ?also, an abdominal aposteme.
Associated quotations
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.20v : D[iascorides], Auic[enna], & Ser[apion]: If it [alum] be coct in water & oynte on þe iche or on þe nayles or on þe panarys, i. þe whiteflow, or on excoriacions þat comeþ of colde, it helpeth hugely.
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.218va : Panaricium: aposteme on the midrede; ȝet alle auctours seyn it is aposteme on fingres þat we calle a whitflowe.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)85b : Of pannariscium in þe fyngris.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)123a/b : Ane enpostume þe whiche is cleped pannaricium..cummeþ of scharpe colerik mater.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)186 : Encence..wole do a-way þe disease of þe nayles, þe whiche disese is clepid panaricium.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: DMF s.v. PANARIS, subst. masc. [GDC : panaris ; FEW VII, 535b : panaricium ; TLF XII, 852b : panaris]. MÉD. 'Panaris' : Panarice, c'est ung apostume chault douloureux en la racine de l'ongle (GORDON, Prat., c.1450-1500, I, 27). Panaric est apposteme (...) engendré environ la racine des ungles. (PANIS, Guidon, 1478, tr.II, doct.2, chap.4). v. aussi panarition." Cp. DMLBS s.v. paronychium.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. panaricium.