sanies

[ sey-nee-eez ]

nounPathology.

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

Origin of sanies

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

Words Nearby sanies

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How to use sanies in a sentence

Empima (empyema) is the hawking-up of sanies, with infection of the lung and a sanious habit.
Gilbertus Anglicus | Henry Ebenezer Handerson
In three or four days, an oozing sanies appears under the animal and soaks the sand to some distance.
The Life of the Fly | J. Henri Fabre
They want something different: a wounded, a dying grub; a corpse dissolving into sanies.
The Life of the Fly | J. Henri Fabre
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
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

British Dictionary definitions for sanies

sanies

/ (ˈseɪnɪˌiːz) /

noun

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

Origin of sanies

C16: from Latin, of obscure origin

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