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SANIES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fluid product of inflammation

Synonyms:

festering; ichor; purulence; pus; sanies; suppuration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("sanies" is a kind of...):

bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sanies"):

gleet (a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea)

Derivation:

sanious (of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies)

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