sanies

[ sey-nee-eez ]

/ ˈseɪ niˌiz /

noun Pathology.

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

Nearby words

sanhedrim, sanhedrin, sanibel island, sanicle, sanidine, sanies, saniopurulent, sanioserous, sanious, sanit., sanitarian

Origin of sanies

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

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Examples from the Web for sanies

Can the worm, constantly floundering in the sanies of a carcass, be itself in danger of inoculation by that whereon it grows fat?
The Life of the Fly|J. Henri Fabre
The matter is hardly a thick pus, as in the common sort, but a thinner kind of sanies.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Creighton
They want something different: a wounded, a dying grub; a corpse dissolving into sanies.
The Life of the Fly|J. Henri Fabre
Every living creature has a humour, blood or sanies, the loss of which produces death.
Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnus|William MacGillivray

I expected to see them putrefying, running into sanies, like corpses left to rot in the open air.
The Life of the Fly|J. Henri Fabre

British Dictionary definitions for sanies

sanies

/ (ˈseɪnɪˌiːz) /

noun

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

Word Origin for sanies

C16: from Latin, of obscure origin

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Medicine definitions for sanies

sanies

[ sā′nē-ēz′ ]

n. pl. sanies

A thin, fetid, blood-tinged fluid consisting of serum and pus discharged from a wound, an ulcer, or a fistula.