sanies

American  

[sey-nee-eez] / ˈseɪ niˌiz /

noun

Pathology.

1. a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.

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sanies British  

/ ˈseɪnɪˌiːz /

noun

1. pathol a thin greenish foul-smelling discharge from a wound, ulcer, etc, containing pus and blood

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Etymology

Origin of sanies

First recorded in 1555–65, sanies is from the Latin word saniēs

Example Sentences

What he wants is the sanies of corpses.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

The whole hand was a mass of yellow pus, streaked with sanies, large ulcers were burrowing into the fore-arm, while in the arm-pit was a big abscess. 

From Travels in West Africa by Kingsley, Mary H.

The words there are "fel draconum pro vino, pro lacte sanies obtruderetur."

From Notes and Queries, Number 204, September 24, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

We then see the Scolia itself turn brown, distended as it is with putrescent foodstuffs, and then cease all movement, without attempting to withdraw from the sanies.

From More Hunting Wasps by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

She collects all these fragments and mixes them with choice loam in the spots where the sanies abounds.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander