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

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sanies

"Upon my sanies, Mrs. Doran, I feel for your situation, so I do," said Phelim.

From Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton

The whole mass of the kernel, therefore, is strongly impregnated with sanies.

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

Can the worm, constantly floundering in the sanies of a carcass, be itself in danger of inoculation by that whereon it grows fat?

From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

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 Mary H. Kingsley

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 Alexander Teixeira de Mattos