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proud flesh

noun

, Pathology.

proud flesh

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

C14: from proud (in the sense: swollen, protruding)

It is chiefly used as an escharotic, to destroy proud flesh, &c.

It grows rigid and callous; and for the softness and elasticity of childhood, full of proud flesh and obstinate tumours.

And if there be proud flesh, it should be touched with a bit of blue vitriol, or sprinkled with a little burnt alum.

The term “proud flesh” is popularly applied to such redundant granulations.

It may be imagined what a severe thorn her eldest son proved in the proud flesh of his mother.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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